Evaluation of research strategies for investigation of health effects of air pollution
Conference
·
OSTI ID:6094883
The use of linear regression as a tool in epidemiological studies to relate health indices to pollution levels is criticized. Specifically, conclusions reached in an evaluation of SO/sub 2/ pollution in New York City, and its use as an indicator of air quality are criticized. Criticisms are classified into three categories: problems with the specification of the pollution variables; problems with meteorological variables, which affect health variables directly and also interact in a complicated way with the pollution variables; and problems with the health indices, the dependent variables in these studies. (JGB)
- Research Organization:
- Columbia Univ., New York (USA). Dept. of Mathematical Statistics
- OSTI ID:
- 6094883
- Report Number(s):
- COO-2874-4; CONF-7803105-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
ERRORS
MATHEMATICS
METEOROLOGY
MID-ATLANTIC REGION
MONITORING
NEW YORK
NEW YORK CITY
NORTH AMERICA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
STATISTICS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
USA
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
ERRORS
MATHEMATICS
METEOROLOGY
MID-ATLANTIC REGION
MONITORING
NEW YORK
NEW YORK CITY
NORTH AMERICA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
STATISTICS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
USA