Confounding and exposure measurement error in air pollution epidemiology

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-216

  Sheppard, Lianne ^a   Burnett, Richard T ^b   Szpiro, Adam A ^a   Kim, Sun Young ^a   Jerrett, Michael ^c   Pope III, C Arden ^d   Brunekreef, Bert ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Confounding; Epidemiology; Measurement error

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84861232861     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-011-0140-9     Document Type: Review

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