Impact of outdoor air pollution on survival after stroke: Population-based cohort study

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 869-877

  Maheswaran, Ravi ^a   Pearson, Tim ^a   Smeeton, Nigel C ^b   Beevers, Sean D ^c   Campbell, Michael J ^a   Wolfe, Charles D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b and University of Bristol   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cohort study; Stroke; Survival

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 77951765454     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.567743     Document Type: Article

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