Changing variance and skewness as leading indicators for detecting ozone exposure-associated lung function decrement

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2205-2216

  Hsieh, Nan Hung ^a   Cheng, Yi Hsien ^b   Liao, Chung Min ^b  

^a Ministry of Labour   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lung function; Ozone; Probabilistic risk assessment; Statistical indicators; Time series dynamics; Toxicodynamic model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HEALTH RISKS; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; OZONE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN 1; LUNG FUNCTION; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; STATISTICAL INDICATORS; TIME SERIES DYNAMICS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84919877890     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-014-0887-2     Document Type: Article

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