Novel method for studying population health impacts of spatiotemporal ozone distribution

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1051-1066

  Christakos, George ^a   Vyas, Vikram M ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Health; Ozone; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; OZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; OZONE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031840572     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00171-3     Document Type: Article

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