Impact of covariate models on the assessment of the air pollution-mortality association in a single-and multipollutant context

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 622-634

  Sacks, Jason D ^a   Ito, Kazuhiko ^b   Wilson, William E ^a   Neas, Lucas M ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; dimension reduction; mortality; multipollutant; time series

Indexed keywords

COAL; OIL; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COLD; COMBUSTION; GAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHILADELPHIA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866897283     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws135     Document Type: Article

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