Satellite remote sensing in epidemiological studies

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 228-234

  Sorek Hamer, Meytar ^a,b   Just, Allan C ^c   Kloog, Itai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol optical depth; air quality; health outcomes; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALGORITHM; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FETUS GROWTH; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METEOROLOGY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DEPTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; UNITED STATES; VISIBLE INFRARED RADIOMETER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHILD; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPACE FLIGHT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84960401219     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000326     Document Type: Review

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