Statistical methods to evaluate health effects associated with major sources of air pollution: A case-study of breathing patterns during exposure to concentrated Boston air particles

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-378

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

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Apartment 1C ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Latent variables; Particulate matter; Receptor model; Respiratory response; Source apportionment; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449101926     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2008.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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