ReviewStroke2023
Ambient Air Pollution and Stroke: An Updated Review.
Review in Stroke, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
63 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 131 citations in OpenAlex.
- Air Pollution and the Risk and Progression of Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2026Pooled it
- The Role of Genetics in Stroke Risk and Outcome: A Review of Current Evidence.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Mapping the Burden of Ischemic Stroke Attributable to Temperature Variation under Climate Change Scenarios Accounting for Long-Term Adaptation.Environmental health perspectives · 2026Article
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- From Exposure to Outcome: Air Pollution-Induced Oxidative Stress as a Determinant of Early and Late Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- From fatal events to chronic disability: The evolving clinical landscape of PM2.5-attributable hemorrhagic stroke in China (1990-2050).Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke particulate matter and incident stroke: a US nationwide study.European heart journal · 2026Article
- The use of race and ethnicity in air pollution epidemiology and methodological recommendations: A scoping review focusing on California.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Review
- Prevention in stroke - Current state, present gaps and probable next steps.Neurological research and practice · 2026Review
- Engagement in Particulate Matter Exposure Reduction Behaviors Across Diverse Clinical Cohorts.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Ischemic Stroke Burden in China and Other G20 Nations (1990-2021): A Comparative Analysis From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 and Trend Projections Through 2031.Health care science · 2026Article
- Airborne particulate matter and the lung-brain axis: unraveling the neuroinflammatory cascade from alveolar irritation to microglial activation.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2026Review
- Ethnic inequalities in ischemic stroke occurrence are partly mediated by air pollution: a Dutch nationwide follow-up analysis.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Association between air pollution exposure and multimorbidity among middle-aged and older adults in China: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- How can i think of stroke when i don't even have money to eat?: barriers to primary stroke prevention among Nigerian suburban community-dwelling adults.BMC public health · 2026Article
- 2025 Advances in Brain Health: Brain Health as Capital for Vascular and Cognitive Resilience.Stroke · 2026Article
- Association of PMRespiratory research · 2026Article
- Association Between Living Environmental Factors and Stroke in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Weathering the storm: Effect of climate change on acute stroke care and stroke rehabilitation.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2026Review
- PM 2.5 and black carbon associated with acute ischaemic stroke: an ecological study.BMJ neurology open · 2026Article
3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Despite recent advances in treatment and prevention, stroke remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. There is a critical need to identify novel modifiable risk factors for disease, including environmental agents. A body of evidence has accumulated suggesting that elevated levels of ambient air pollutants may not only trigger cerebrovascular events in susceptible people (short-term exposures) but also increase the risk of future events (long-term average exposures). This review assesses the updated evidence for both short and long-term exposure to ambient air pollution as a risk factor for stroke incidence and outcomes. It discusses the potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and makes recommendations to mitigate exposure on a personal and community level. The evidence indicates that reduction in air pollutant concentrations represent a significant population-level opportunity to reduce risk of cerebrovascular disease.
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