Short term exposure to air pollution and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To review the evidence for the short term association between air pollution and stroke.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Data sources

Medline, Embase, Global Health, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), and Web of Science searched to January 2014 with no language restrictions.

Eligibility criteria

Studies investigating the short term associations (up to lag of seven days) between daily increases in gaseous pollutants (carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone) and particulate matter (<2.5 µm or <10 µm diameter (PM2.5 and PM10)), and admission to hospital for stroke or mortality.

Main outcome measures

Admission to hospital and mortality from stroke.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Shah AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4373601 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature