Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Risk of Stroke in Nonsmokers: A Review With Meta-analysis

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 190-201

  Lee, Peter N ^a   Forey, Barbara A ^a  

^a PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; meta analysis; passive smoking; stroke

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RECALL BIAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33748305672     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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