Biologically plausible particulate air pollution mortality concentration-response functions.
In this article I introduce an alternative method for estimating particulate air pollution mortality concentration-response functions. This method constrains the particulate air pollution mortality concentration-response function to be biologically plausible--that is, a non-decreasing function of the particulate air pollution concentration. Using time-series data from Cook County, Illinois, the proposed method yields more meaningful particulate air pollution mortality concentration-response function estimates with an increase in statistical accuracy.
School of Finance and Applied Statistics, Australian National University, Crisp Building 26, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. spr@stanfordalumni.org
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