Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Kristina Jakobsson - Lunds University, Department of Occupation and Environmental Medicine
Description
Purpose:
To study short- and long term effects by air-pollutants on stroke and myocardial infarction in Scania
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Department of Occupation and Environmental Medicine
Ethics Review
Lund - Ref. 490/2007
Unit of analysis
Study design
Case-control study
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2008-11 – 2008-12
Geographic spread
Geographic description: Scania
Research area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Environmental Health
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Oudin Anna . Short- term and long- term exposure to air pollution and stroke risk: Exploring methodological aspects. 2009, Lund University. Doctoral thesis.
Oudin A, Strömberg U, Jakobsson K, Stroh E, Lindgren AG, Norrving B, Pessah-Rasmussen H, Engström G, Björk J. Hospital admission for ischemic stroke: Does long-term exposure to air pollution interact with major risk factors? Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011;31(3):284-93. doi: 10.1159/000322600
Oudin A, Forsberg B, Jakobsson K. Air Pollution and Stroke. Epidemiology, 2012;23(3): 505-506 doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31824ea667
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Oudin A, Strömberg U, Jakobsson K, Stroh E, Björk J. Estimation of short-term effects of air pollution on stroke hospital admissions in southern Sweden. Neuroepidemiology. 2010;34(3):131-42. doi: 10.1159/000274807.
Oudin A, Stroh E, Strömberg U, Jakobsson K, Björk J. Long-term exposure to air pollution and hospital admissions for ischemic stroke. A register-based case-control study using modelled NO(x) as exposure proxy. BMC Public Health. 2009 Aug 19;9:301. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-301.
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Description
Survey responses are also available for 4700 controls living in Scania and matched on year of birth and sex.Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Kristina Jakobsson - Lunds University, Department of Occupation and Environmental Medicine
Time period(s) investigated
2008-11 – 2008-12
Variables
66
Number of individuals/objects
4621
Response rate/participation rate
70%