title: [A time-series study on the association of stroke mortality and air pollution in Zhabei District, Shanghai].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the association between air pollution and daily stroke mortality.
  
  
  METHODS
  All death records of the decreased who lived in one urban district of Shanghai and died from stroke from January 1 to December 31, 2001 were collected. We used a time series approach to study the acute effects of air pollution on stroke mortality after controlling for long-term trends, weather variables, and day of the week.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An increase of 10 micrograms/m3 of PM10, SO2 and NO2 corresponds to 1.008 (95% CI 1.000-1.016), 1.017 (95% CI 0.998-1.036), and 1.029 (95% CI 1.001-1.057) relative risk of stroke mortality, respectively in Shanghai.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings provide new evidence for the association between air pollution and acute stroke mortality risk.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Haidong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Bingheng
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000401:mortality*; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide