Traffic exhaust at residential address increases the risk of stroke

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/ki-tea103019.php

News Release 30-Oct-2019
Karolinska Institutet

High levels of traffic exhaust at one's residence increases the risk of stroke even in low-pollution environments, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and other universities in Sweden. The study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, suggests that it is mainly black carbon from traffic exhaust that increases the risk for stroke, and not particulate matter from other sources.

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