Linkage of the US National Health Interview Survey to air monitoring data: An evaluation of different strategies

Environmental Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 384-392

  Parker, Jennifer D ^a   Woodruff, Tracey J ^b   Akinbami, Lara J ^a   Kravets, Nataliya ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOVA Research Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Fine particles; Health status; National Health Interview Survey; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40749136351     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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