A simulation study of confounding in generalized linear models for air pollution epidemiology
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Research presented concerns the methodology of air pollution epidemiological research, and how air quality variables should be examined in order to produce meaningful results. A study of generalized linear models is presented, and findings suggest air pollution models which employ only a few toxic variables are at risk for unreliability.
Publication Name: Environmental Health Perspectives
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0091-6765
Year: 1999
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Comments on "PM(2.5) mortality in long-term prospective cohort studies: cause-effect or statistical association?"(John F. Gamble, Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 106, p. 535, 1998)(includes author's response)(Letter to the Editor)
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The relationship between fine particles and mortality is discussed. Topics include the ecological fallacy, criteria for epidemiological studies, group-level exposure variables, and bias.
Publication Name: Environmental Health Perspectives
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0091-6765
Year: 1999
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