Spatial-Temporal Modeling of the Association between Air Pollution Exposure and Preterm Birth: Identifying Critical Windows of Exposure

Biometrics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1157-1167

  Warren, Joshua ^a   Fuentes, Montserrat ^b   Herring, Amy ^a   Langlois, Peter ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bayesian analysis; MCMC; Preterm birth; Probit regression; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

OBSTETRICS;

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MCMC; POLLUTANT IMPACT; PRETERM BIRTH; PROBIT REGRESSION; SPATIAL MODELLING; SPATIAL TEMPORAL MODEL; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODOLOGIES;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CALIBRATION; INFANT MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871665322     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2012.01774.x     Document Type: Article

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