Harvesting-resistant estimates of air pollution effects on mortality

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-175

  Zeger, Scott L ^a,b   Dominici, Francesca ^a   Samet, Jonathan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Frailty models; Frequency domain log linear regression; Mortality displacement

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MODEL; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0032942007     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199903000-00015     Document Type: Article

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