Statistical issues in health impact assessment at the state and local levels

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-55

  Fuentes, Montserrat ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Case crossover analysis; Exposure assessment; Local spatial analysis; Risk assessment; Spatial statistics; Time series; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 64949138360     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-009-0033-3     Document Type: Article

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