Analytical ecological epidemiology: Exposure-response relations in spatially stratified time series

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Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 596-606

  Scherb, Hagen ^a,b   Voigt, Kristina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HMGU/IBB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Change point analysis; Ecological study; Exposure response relation; Radioactivity; Reproductive effect; Sex ratio at birth

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SEX RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

EID: 70349934584     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.958     Document Type: Conference Paper

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