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The Question of Nonlinearity in the Dose-Response Relation between Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Mortality: Can Akaike's Information Criterion be Trusted to Take the Right Turn?

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Authors

Roberts, Steven

Martin, Michael

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

The shape of the dose-response relation between particulate matter air pollution and mortality is crucial for public health assessment, and departures of this relation from linearity could have important regulatory consequences. A number of investigators

Keywords

Keywords: Akaike information criterion; dose-response relationship; mortality; nonlinearity; numerical model; particulate matter; pollution exposure; public health; aged; air pollution; article; criterion related validity; female; human; linear regression analysis; Air pollution; Epidemiologic methods; Models; Mortality; Statistical

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/22242

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

American Journal of Epidemiology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1093/aje/kwj335

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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