Exposure measurement error in PM2.5 health effects studies: A pooled analysis of eight personal exposure validation studies

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kioumourtzoglou, Marianthi Anna ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Szpiro, Adam A ^b   Sheppard, Lianne ^b   Kaufman, Joel D ^b   Yanosky, Jeff D ^c   Williams, Ronald ^d   Laden, Francine ^a   Hong, Biling ^a   Suh, Helen ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure measurement error; Fine particles; Fine particles of ambient origin; Monitoring data; Spatio temporal models

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIBRATION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESEARCH DESIGN; SULFATES; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; SULFATE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOTOR VEHICLE; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84894279567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-2     Document Type: Article

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