A temporal, multicity model for estimate the effects of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on health

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1147-1153

  Shin, Hwashin Hyun ^a,b   Stieb, David M ^a,b   Jessiman, Barry ^a   Goldberg, Mark S ^c   Brion, Orly ^a   Brook, Jeff ^d   Ramsay, Tim ^e   Burnett, Richard T ^a,b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air population; Mortality; Poisson generalized additive model; Public health; Simulation spatial temporal model

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MORTALITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREND STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 54149115480     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11194     Document Type: Article

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