Associations between outdoor air quality and birth weight: A geostatistical sequential simulation approach in Coastal Alentejo, Portugal

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 527-540

  Castro Ribeiro, Manuel ^a   Pinho, Pedro ^a,b   Llop, Esteve ^c   Branquinho, Cristina ^b   Soares, Amílcar ^a   Pereira, Maria João ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Birth weight; Exposure assessment; Geostatistical simulation; Uncertainty measure

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEALTH; LOCATION; SMOKE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOMONITORING; BIRTH WEIGHT; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY MEASURES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; BIOMONITORING; GEOSTATISTICS; PREGNANCY; SMOKE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

ALENTEJO; PORTUGAL;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84892854800     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0770-6     Document Type: Article

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