Modelling air pollution for epidemiologic research - Part I: A novel approach combining land use regression and air dispersion

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5862-5869

  Molter A ^a   Lindley, S ^b   de Vocht, F ^a   Simpson, A ^b   Agius, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air dispersion model; Air pollution; Epidemiology; Land use regression

Indexed keywords

AIR DISPERSION; AIR DISPERSION MODEL; DATA SETS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; EMPIRICAL MODELLING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE DATA; HEALTH EFFECTS; LAND USE REGRESSION; MANCHESTER; MEASURED DATA; PERSONAL MONITORING; PREDICTION ERRORS; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC INTENSITY; URBAN MONITORING; VALIDATION DATA;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISEASES; ERRORS; LAND USE; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DISPERSIONS;

NITRIC OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; LAND USE; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ENGLAND; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; MANCHESTER [MANCHESTER (DST)]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77958101371     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.027     Document Type: Article

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