Distributed Lag Analyses of Daily Hospital Admissions and Source-Apportioned Fine Particle Air Pollution
Author(s) -
Ramona Lall,
Kazuhiko Ito,
George Thurston
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1002638
Subject(s) - aerodynamic diameter , environmental science , lag , distributed lag , environmental health , particulates , generalized additive model , air pollution , medicine , aerosol , statistics , meteorology , mathematics , chemistry , geography , computer network , organic chemistry , computer science
Past time-series studies of the health effects of fine particulate matter [aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 µm (PM2.5)] have used chemically nonspecific PM2.5 mass. However, PM2.5 is known to vary in chemical composition with source, and health impacts may vary accordingly.
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