Ambient air pollution and stroke

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3734-3741

  Ljungman, Petter L ^a,b   Mittleman, Murray A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental medicine; Epidemiology; Particulate matter; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; APHASIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMBUSTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PARAPLEGIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INCIDENCE; STROKE;

AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; STROKE;

EID: 84924048971     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.003130     Document Type: Review

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