Ambient air pollution and risk for ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-59

  Lisabeth, Lynda D ^a,b   Escobar, James D ^a   Dvonch, J Timothy ^a   Sánchez, Brisa N ^a   Majersik, Jennifer J ^b   Brown, Devin L ^b   Smith, Melinda A ^b   Morgenstern, Lewis B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OZONE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TEXAS;

EID: 49049087917     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21403     Document Type: Article

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