Using propensity scores to estimate the effects of insecticides on stream invertebrates from observational data

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1518-1527

  Yuan, Lester L ^a   Pollard, Amina I ^a   Carlisle, Daren M ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insecticides; Macroinvertebrates; Observational data; Propensity scores; Streams

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC LIFE; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; NATURAL CONDITIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; ON-STREAM; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPENSITY SCORES; STREAMS;

INSECTICIDES;

INSECTICIDE; FRESH WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INSECTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; STREAM;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL MODELING; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INVERTEBRATE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); TAXON; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CAUSALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INSECTICIDES; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 69249229804     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-551.1     Document Type: Article

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