Airborne pollutants and lacunar stroke: A case cross-over analysis on stroke unit admissions

Neurology International

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 44-48

  Corea, Francesco ^a   Silvestrelli, Giorgio ^b   Baccarelli, Andrea ^c   Giua, Alessandra ^d   Previdi, Paolo ^b   Siliprandi, Giorgio ^e   Murgia, Nicola ^f  

^a Ospedale San Giovanni Battista   (Italy)

^b CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e Regional Environmental Protection Agency   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Lacunar stroke; Stroke registry

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE UNIT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84869779137     PISSN: 20358385     EISSN: 20358377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ni.2012.e11     Document Type: Article

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