Journal of Pollution Effects & Control
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Wesley S Burr

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• Research Article
  Distributed Lag Models: An Analysis of Milan Mortality Data
  Author(s): Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz and Wesley S BurrMieczyslaw Szyszkowicz and Wesley S Burr
  
  The objective of this study is to present a new variation on Distributed Lag Non-Linear Models (DLNMs) for assessing associations between counts of health events and exposure to ambient air pollution. For illustrative purposes, a well-known data set for Milan, Italy was considered. Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) concentrations were used as the air pollution measure, and meteorological data were represented by daily mean temperature and relative humidity. Relative risks (RR) were estimated using Poisson Generalized Linear Models. Two controls for long time-scale variation were considered: a more traditional cubic regression spline smoother, and the more recent case-crossover (CC) control approach. The mortality displacement effect was estimated using DLNMs for a relatively high number of constructed lags. For the considered lags (0–45 days) an.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2375-4397.1000109

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