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Air pollution increases risk of stroke by 34 percent, say researchers.
Air Pollution Tied to Stroke Risk
Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:47 AM EST
Article Source: medindia.net
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Writing in the Feb. 14, 2012 issue of theArchives of Internal Medicine, researchers who studied more than 1,700 stroke patients in the Boston area over a 10-year period found exposure to ambient fine particulate matter, generally from vehicle traffic, was associated with a significantly higher risk of ischemic strokes on days when the EPA''s air quality index for particulate matter was yellow instead of green.
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