An informative Bayesian structural equation model to assess source-specific health effects of air pollution

Biostatistics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 609-624

  Nikolov, Margaret C ^a   Coull, Brent A ^a   Catalano, Paul J ^a   Godleski, John J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Latent variables; Measurement error; Multivariate receptor model; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMETRY; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 34648831990     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxl032     Document Type: Article

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