Association of indoor nitrogen dioxide with respiratory symptoms in children: Application of measurement error correction techniques to utilize data from multiple surrogates

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 342-350

  Li, Ruifeng ^a   Weller, Edie ^a   Dockery, Douglas W ^a   Neas, Lucas M ^b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Main study; Measurement error; Nitrogen dioxide; Regression calibration; Respiratory disease; Validation study

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR CONDITIONING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CITY; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEATING; HOME; HUMAN; KITCHEN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SIMULATION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33746176063     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500468     Document Type: Article

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