Spatial modeling of PM10 and NO2 in the continental United States, 1985-2000

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1690-1696

  Hart, Jaime E ^a,b   Yanosky, Jeff D ^a   Puett, Robin C ^a,c   Ryan, Louise ^a   Dockery, Douglas W ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Garshick, Eric ^b,d   Laden, Francine ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Nitrogen dioxide; Outdoor air pollution; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 74949108395     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900840     Document Type: Article

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