Occupational exposure to particles and incidence of stroke

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 295-301

  Sjögren, Bengt ^a   Lönn, Maria ^a   Fremling, Karin ^a   Feychting, Maria ^a   Nise, Gun ^a   Kauppinen, Timo ^b   Plato, Nils ^a   Wiebert, Pernilla ^a   Gustavsson, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gender; Hemorrhagic stroke; Ischemic stroke; Sex

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GENDER; MATRIX; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STROKE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84877146444     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3271     Document Type: Article

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