A retrospective cohort study of stroke onset: Implications for characterizing short term effects from ambient air pollution

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Johnson, Julie Ym ^a,b   Villeneuve, Paul J ^a,b,c   Pasichnyk, Dion ^d,e   Rowe, Brian H ^d,e  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; emergency service; stroke; survey

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIELDWORK; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; STROKE; STROKE ONSET; AIR POLLUTANT; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ALBERTA; CANADA; EDMONTON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALBERTA; CITIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053544690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-87     Document Type: Article

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