The effect of dose and timing of dose on the association between airborne particles and survival

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-69

  Schwartz, Joel ^a,b   Coull, Brent ^a   Laden, Francine ^a,b   Ryan, Louise ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dose response; Model averaging; Particles; PM2.5; Spline; Survival; Threshold; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40949157997     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9955     Document Type: Article

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