Fine Particulate Air Pollution and First Hospital Admissions for Ischemic Stroke in Beijing, China

Abstract The primary objective of this study was to assess the association between short-term changes in ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and first hospital admissions for ischemic stroke. We identified 63,956 first hospital admissions for ischemic stroke from the Beijing Medical Claim Data f...

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Main Authors: Yaohua Tian, Xiao Xiang, Yiqun Wu, Yaying Cao, Jing Song, Kexin Sun, Hui Liu, Yonghua Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04312-5