Comparing estimates of the effects of air pollution on human mortality obtained using different regression methodologies

Risk Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-278

  Baxter, Laurence A ^a   Finch, Stephen J ^a   Lipfert, Frederick W ^b   Yu, Qiqing ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State Univ New York at Binghamton ^*  (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution health effects; Logistic regression; Metaanalysis; Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MORTALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ESTIMATES; METAANALYSIS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; MULTIPLE POISSON REGRESSION;

AIR POLLUTION; CALCULATIONS; ELASTICITY; HEALTH RISKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MORTALITY RATE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PM10;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMETRY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORTALITY; OZONE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

USA, CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES; USA, MISSOURI, ST. LOUIS; USA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK;

EID: 0031170981     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1997.tb00865.x     Document Type: Article

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