Exposure prediction approaches used in air pollution epidemiology studies: Key findings and future recommendations

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 654-659

  Baxter, Lisa K ^a   Dionisio, Kathie L ^a   Burke, Janet ^a   Ebelt Sarnat, Stefanie ^b   Sarnat, Jeremy A ^b   Hodas, Natasha ^c   Rich, David Q ^d   Turpin, Barbara J ^c   Jones, Rena R ^e   Mannshardt, Elizabeth ^f   Kumar, Naresh ^g   Beevers, Sean D ^h   Özkaynak, Halûk ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

air exchange rate; ambient pollution; epidemiology; exposure metrics; exposure models; PM 2.5

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84886728202     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.62     Document Type: Article

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