The effect of concurvity in generalized additive models linking mortality to ambient particulate matter

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-23

  Ramsay, Timothy O ^a,c   Burnett, Richard T ^b   Krewski, Daniel ^c,d  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b M Ctr for Pop Hlth Risk Assess   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Research Council of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Concurvity; Generalized additive model; PM10; PM2.5; Sulfate particles

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; META-ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME;

EID: 0037209068     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200301000-00009     Document Type: Article

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