Adjusting for temporal variation in the analysis of parallel time series of health and environmental variables

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-144

  Cakmak S ^a   Burnett, R ^b   Krewski, D ^a,b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Over dispersion; Ozone; Respiratory disease; Time series

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ONTARIO; OZONE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031834784     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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