Winter air pollutants linked to stroke-related hospital admissions, research finds

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The research, led by a team from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, and published in the current edition of Cerebrovascular Diseases, looked at the effects of pollutants in Dublin and Cork.

Researchers analysed daily hospitalisation for all strokes and ischaemic stroke by residence in Dublin or Cork, combined with air pollution level monitoring data with a lag of between zero and two days from exposure.