Time scale effects in acute association between air-pollution and mortality

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Valari, Myrto ^a   Martinelli, Lucio ^b   Chatignoux, Edouard ^c   Crooks, James ^a   Garcia, Valerie ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^c Observatoire Régional de Santé Ile de France ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; LAKES; NITROGEN OXIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

A-MONOTONE; BACK UP; CHRONIC CONDITIONS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; HEALTHY POPULATION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NULL VALUE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION MODEL; RELATIVE RISKS; TIME-SCALE EFFECTS; TIME-SCALES; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIMESCALE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 79957948842     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046872     Document Type: Article

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