Studying the association between air pollution and lung cancer incidence in a large metropolitan area using a kernel density function

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 141-150

  Portnov, Boris A ^a   Dubnov, Jonathan ^a,b   Barchana, Micha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cancer; Kernel density

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

EID: 64249084530     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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