A case-control study of medium-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide pollution and hospitalization for stroke

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Johnson, Julie Y M ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^b   Allen, Ryan W ^c   Peters, Paul A ^d   Villeneuve, Paul J ^a,e  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Case control study; Land use regression; NO ssub 2 esub ; Odds ratio; Stroke

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876298254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-368     Document Type: Article

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