Air pollution and health in Scotland: A multicity study

Biostatistics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-423

  Lee, Duncan ^a   Ferguson, Claire ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution and health; Bayesian spatial modeling; Ecological bias

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION; BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 70149090715     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxp010     Document Type: Article

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