Outdoor NOx and stroke mortality: Adjusting for small area level smoking prevalence using a Bayesian approach

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 499-516

  Maheswaran, Ravi ^a   Haining, P Robert ^b   Pearson, Tim ^a   Law, Jane ^b   Brindley, Paul ^a   Best, G Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE;

AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; BAYES THEOREM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN OXIDES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 34347368668     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280206071644     Document Type: Article

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