Open AccessOutdoor Fine Particles and Nonfatal Strokes
Author(s) -
Hwashin Hyun Shin,
Neal Fann,
Richard T. Burnett,
Aarón Cohen,
Bryan Hubbell
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000000162
Subject(s) - confidence interval , frequentist inference , medicine , meta analysis , credible interval , relative risk , bayesian probability , publication bias , random effects model , stroke (engine) , statistics , term (time) , absolute risk reduction , bayesian inference , mathematics , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Epidemiologic studies find that long- and short-term exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes, including ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. However, few systematic reviews or meta-analyses have synthesized these results.