Miscommunicating Risk, Uncertainty, and Causation: Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality Risk as an Example

Risk Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 765-767

  Tony Cox, Louis Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Causality; Granger causality; Mortality; PM 2.5

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF DATA; CAUSAL RELATIONS; CAUSALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPERT OPINION; FINE PARTICULATES; GRANGER CAUSALITY; HEALTH BENEFITS; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; MORTALITY RISK; PREMATURE MORTALITY;

AIR POLLUTION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; HEALTH RISKS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; HUMAN; LETTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84860426843     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01806.x     Document Type: Letter

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