The Relation of Stroke Admissions to Recent Weather, Airborne Allergens, Air Pollution, Seasons, Upper Respiratory Infections, and Asthma Incidence, September 11, 2001, and Day of the Week

Abstract

We found statistically significant, independent exacerbating effects of warmer, drier air, URIs, grass pollen, SO2, and particulate air pollution. The model supports the theory that links pulmonary inflammation to stroke.