Measurement error in two-stage analyses, with application to air pollution epidemiology

Environmetrics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 501-517

  Szpiro, Adam A ^a   Paciorek, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental epidemiology; Measurement error; Spatial statistics; Two stage estimation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR CORRECTION; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84892753850     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.2233     Document Type: Article

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