Effects of cold temperature and snowfall on stroke mortality: A case-crossover analysis

Background: We sought to determine if cold temperature and snowfall are independently associated with stroke mortality, and whether effects differ between hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. Materials and methods: We conducted a case-crossover study of 13,201 stroke deaths utilizing weather records bet...

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Main Authors: Sara Polcaro-Pichet, Tom Kosatsky, Brian J. Potter, Marianne Bilodeau-Bertrand, Nathalie Auger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018319548