Error and bias in determining exposure potential of children at school locations using proximity-based GIS techniques

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1363-1370

  Zandbergen, Paul A ^a   Green, Joseph W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Children; Data quality; Error sources; Geocoding; Geographic information systems (GIS); Positional accuracy; Schools; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOLS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 34748844028     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9668     Document Type: Article

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