Ecological analysis of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and the incidence of stroke in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1319-1325

  Johnson, Julie Y M ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a   Villeneuve, Paul J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

air pollution; ecological study; epidemiology; risk factors; stroke

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANADA; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STROKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

AIR POLLUTION; ALBERTA; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954175697     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.580571     Document Type: Article

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