What is it with the weather and stroke?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-249

  McArthur, Kate ^a   Dawson, Jesse ^a   Walters, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Stroke incidence; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; LIPID;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COLD CLIMATE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STROKE; SUMMER; WEATHER; WINTER;

CLIMATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 76249112503     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.09.154     Document Type: Review

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