A three-level model for binary time-series data: The effects of air pollution on school absences in the Southern California Children's Health Study

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1103-1115

  Rondeau, Virginie ^a   Berhane, Kiros ^b   Thomas, Duncan C ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Correlated data; Lag structure; Logistic regression; Time series

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 15844372291     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1980     Document Type: Article

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