Application of alternative spatiotemporal metrics of ambient air pollution exposure in a time-series epidemiological study in Atlanta

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 593-605

  Sarnat, Stefanie Ebelt ^a   Sarnat, Jeremy A ^a   Mulholland, James ^b   Isakov, Vlad ^c   Özkaynak, Halûk ^c   Chang, Howard H ^a   Klein, Mitchel ^a   Tolbert, Paige E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; exposure models; gases; morbidity; particulate matter; time series

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GEORGIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84886720105     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.41     Document Type: Article

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