Associations of particulate matter with stroke mortality: A multicity study in Japan

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 768-771

  Yorifuji, Takashi ^a   Kashima, Saori ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84880786750     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182973092     Document Type: Article

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