Bayesian distributed lag models: Estimating effects of particulate matter air pollution on daily mortality

Biometrics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 282-291

  Welty, L J ^a   Peng, R D ^b   Zeger, S L ^b   Dominici, F ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bayes; Distributed lag; Mortality; NMMAPS; Penalized splines; Smoothing; Time series

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BAYE; BAYESIAN; DISTRIBUTED LAG; DISTRIBUTED LAG MODELS; MORTALITY; NMMAPS; PARTICULATE MATTER AIR POLLUTION; PENALIZED SPLINES; SMOOTHING; TIMES SERIES;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; TIME SERIES;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HEALTH HAZARD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNOWLEDGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62749143017     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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