A protocol for investigation of the effects of outdoor air pollution on stroke incidence, phenotypes and survival using the South London Stroke Register

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Maheswaran, Ravi ^a   Pearson, Tim ^a   Campbell, Michael J ^a   Haining, Robert P ^b   McLeod, Cameron W ^c   Smeeton, Nigel ^d   Wolfe, Charles D A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33645467700     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-10     Document Type: Article

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