Air pollution and subtypes, severity and vulnerability to ischemic stroke-a population based case-crossover study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Maheswaran, Ravi ^a   Pearson, Tim ^a   Beevers, Sean D ^b   Campbell, Michael J ^a   Wolfe, Charles D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL CLASS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 84977108913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158556     Document Type: Article

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