Measurement error in time-series analysis: A simulation study comparing modelled and monitored data

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Butland, Barbara K ^a   Armstrong, Ben ^b   Atkinson, Richard W ^a   Wilkinson, Paul ^b   Heal, Mathew R ^c   Doherty, Ruth M ^c   Vieno, Massimo ^d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Measurement error; Mortality; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Time series

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887345847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-136     Document Type: Article

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