Associations of outdoor air pollution with hemorrhagic stroke mortality

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-126

  Yorifuji, Takashi ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Sakamoto, Tetsuro ^c   Doi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c National Hospital Organization Kumamotominami National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952185672     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182099175     Document Type: Article

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