Association between ozone exposure and onset of stroke in allegheny county, Pennsylvania, USA, 1994-2000

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-6

  Xu, Xiaohui ^a   Sun, Yilun ^a   Ha, Sandie ^a   Talbott, Evelyn O ^b   Lissaker, Claudia T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Case crossover analysis; Effect modifiers; Stroke

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME STRATIFIED CASE CROSSOVER ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OZONE; PENNSYLVANIA; STROKE;

EID: 84875684000     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345138     Document Type: Article

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