Are the acute effects of particulate matter on mortality in the National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study the result of inadequate control for weather and season? A sensitivity analysis using flexible distributed lag models

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-88

  Welty, Leah J ^a,b   Zeger, Scott L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Longitudinal studies; Mortality; Regression analysis; Seasons; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 21244443118     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi157     Document Type: Article

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