A model-based framework for air quality indices and population risk evaluation, with an application to the analysis of Scottish air quality data

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 287-308

  Finazzi, Francesco ^a   Scott, E Marian ^b   Fassò, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality indices; Ambient exposure and risk; Multivariate space time models; Unbalanced networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874191135     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12001     Document Type: Article

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