Using Machine Learning to Estimate Global PM2.5 for Environmental Health Studies

Environmental Health Insights

Volumn 9, Issue S1, 2015, Pages

  Lary, D J ^a   Lary, T ^a   Sattler, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

machine learning; mental health; PM2.5; remote sensing; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953212332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/EHI.S15664     Document Type: Article

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