A cohort study evaluating the risk of stroke associated with long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Pei-Chun Chen (Author), Fung-Chang Sung (Author), Chih-Hsin Mou (Author), Chao W. Chen (Author), Shan P. Tsai (Author), Dennis H. P. Hsieh (Author), Chung Y. Hsu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Evidences have shown that the stroke risk associated with long-term exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of ≤2.5 μm (PM2.5) varies among people in North America, Europe and Asia, but studies in Asia rarely evaluated the association by stroke type. We examin...