A spatio-temporal model for estimating the long-term effects of air pollution on respiratory hospital admissions in Greater London

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-38

  Rushworth, Alastair ^a   Lee, Duncan ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Gaussian Markov random fields; Respiratory disease; Spatio temporal autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTION; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LONDON; PATIENT ADMISSION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907436746     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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