Ambient air pollution and the risk of acute ischemic stroke

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-234

  Wellenius, Gregory A ^a,b   Burger, Mary R ^b   Coull, Brent A ^c   Schwartz, Joel ^c   Suh, Helen H ^c   Koutrakis, Petros ^c   Schlaug, Gottfried ^b   Gold, Diane R ^c,d   Mittleman, Murray A ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BOSTON; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK; STROKE;

EID: 84857408575     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.732     Document Type: Article

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