Inference from ecological models: Estimating the relative risk of stroke from air pollution exposure using small area data

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 123-131

  Haining, Robert ^a   Li, Guangquan ^b   Maheswaran, Ravi ^c   Blangiardo, Marta ^b   Law, Jane ^d   Best, Nicky ^b   Richardson, Sylvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binomial regression; Ecological bias; Poisson regression; Random effects; Relative risk estimation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 77953292760     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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