TY  - JOUR
T1  - Can what you breathe trigger a stroke within hours?: Comment on “ambient air pollution and the risk of acute ischemic stroke”
AU  - Brook RD, Rajagopalan S
Y1  - 2012/02/13
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1214
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 235
EP  - 236
VL  - 172
IS  - 3
N2  - 
Air pollution is a pervasive consequence of modern societies. Beyond being an environmental hazard, several pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) pose significant health threats.1 Fine PM (<2.5 μm in diameter; PM2.5) is a heterogeneous mixture of compounds (eg, carbon, sulfates, nitrates, and metals) principally derived from the combustion of fossil fuels. Given the billions of people exposed, the adverse effects of PM represent a major global health epidemic.2

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1214
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1214
ER  -