Air quality warnings and outdoor activities: Evidence from Southern California using a regression discontinuity design

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 921-926

  Neidell, Matthew ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOG; WARNING SYSTEM;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957267101     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.081489     Document Type: Article

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