Application of the chi-plot to assess for dependence in environmental epidemiology studies

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-189

  Tobías, Aurelio ^a   Sáez, Marc ^b   Galán, Iñaki ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c Public Health Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Environmental epidemiology; Graphical methods; Pollen; Time series

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; TIME SERIES; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 34250002317     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-007-0011-6     Document Type: Article

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