Developing meaningful cohorts for human exposure models

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-43

  Graham, Stephen E ^a,b   McCurdy, Thomas ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b EMRB/NERL ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Activity data; Cohorts; Cross sectional; Exposure modeling; Indoor time; Motor vehicle time; Outdoor time

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 1442349249     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500293     Document Type: Article

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