Frontiers in Public Health
Association between ambient fine particulate matter and hemorrhagic stroke in Yancheng, China
Objectives Ambient air pollution, particularly fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), has been linked to cerebrovascular disease. However, findings on the short-term effects of PM 2.5 exposure on hemorrhagic stroke (HS) have been inconsistent across studies. Therefore, this study investigated the association between short-term PM 2.5 exposure and HS hospitalization in Yancheng, China. Methods An individual-level time-stratified case-crossover study was conducted using hospitalization records of patients with HS from fo …