Power estimation using simulations for air pollution time-series studies

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Winquist, Andrea ^a   Klein, Mitchel ^a   Tolbert, Paige ^a   Sarnat, Stefanie Ebelt ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution epidemiology; Statistical power; Time series studies

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; POISSON RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME SERIES;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GEORGIA; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870529447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-68     Document Type: Article

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