Environmental air pollution and acute cerebrovascular complications: An ecologic study in Tehran, Iran

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 723-729

  Nabavi, Seyed Massood ^a   Jafari, Batoul ^a   Jalali, Mozhgan Sadat ^a   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^b   Ashrafi, Khosro ^c   Salahesh, Alireza ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cerebrovascular complications; CO; Humidity; NO X; O 3; PM; SO 2; Tehran; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84867918083     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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