Short-term changes in ambient particulate matter and risk of stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Yi ^a,b   Eliot, Melissa N ^a   Wellenius, Gregory A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cerebrovascular disease; Meta analysis; Particulate matter; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; STROKE;

EID: 84926351906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.000983     Document Type: Article

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