Efficient mapping of California mortality fields at different spatial scales

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-133

  Choi, Kyung Mee ^a,b   Serre, Marc L ^a   Christakos, George ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

BME; California; Epidemiology; Mortality; Scale effects; Spatiotemporal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; THEORY; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0038366985     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500263     Document Type: Article

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