Ozone exposure and mortality: An empiric bayes metaregression analysis

Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 458-468

  Levy, Jonathan I ^a   Chemerynski, Susan M ^a   Sarnat, Jeremy A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VARIANCE; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BAYES THEOREM; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MORTALITY; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER;

EID: 20544450158     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000165820.08301.b3     Document Type: Review

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