Ambient air pollution and daily emergency department visits for ischemic stroke in Edmonton, Canada

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-300

  Szyszkowicz, Mieczysław ^a,b  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Air pollution; Emergency department visit; Relative humidity; Risk; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749118307     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-008-0029-5     Document Type: Article

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