Air Pollution and Mortality: The Implications of Uncertainties in Regression Modeling and Exposure Measurement

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 517-523

  Lipfert, Frederick W ^a,c   Wyzga, Ronald E ^b  

^a Environmental Consultant   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MORTALITY GRADIENTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031128319     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.1997.10464417     Document Type: Article

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