Abstract #302278

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JSM 2003 Abstract #302278
Activity Number: 420
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
Abstract - #302278
Title: Short-Term Respiratory Health Effects of Air Pollution Accounting for Zip Code-Level Spatial Heterogeneity
Author(s): Paul Rathouz*+ and Vanja M. Dukic
Companies: University of Chicago and University of Chicago
Address: Dept. of Health Studies, Chicago, IL, 60637-1463,
Keywords: aggregate data ; air pollution ; environmental health ; longitudinal data ; respiratory health ; time series
Abstract:

Most recent studies of environmental effects on respiratory disorders have focused on aggregate analyses, with outcomes and exposure variables summarized by daily averages of available monitors over the entire region of interest. We use daily time series of asthma-related outcomes (beta agonist prescription counts) in the Chicago metropolitan area, aggregated at the zip code level. The objective is to identify linkages with measures of air quality at the spatial scale of individual zip codes, while allowing for neighborhood-specific effects. This research is supported by EPA grant R827355. The abstract does not necessarily reflect EPA views.

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