Cardiovascular emergency hospital visits and hourly changes in air pollution

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1264-1268

  Yorifuji, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Etsuji ^b   Kashima, Saori ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular diseases; Particulate matter; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; RISK; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899912861     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005227     Document Type: Article

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