Outdoor air pollution and incidence of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: A small-area level ecological study

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-27

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

air pollution; incidence; stroke

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 84855359950     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.610238     Document Type: Article

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