Linking stroke mortality with air pollution, income, and greenness in northwest Florida: An ecological geographical study

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hu, Zhiyong ^a   Liebens, Johan ^a   Ranga, K Ranga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MAPPING; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; BAYES THEOREM; ECOLOGY; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MAPS AS TOPIC; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; STROKE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 44449103858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-20     Document Type: Article

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