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Activity Number:
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33
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, July 29, 2007 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
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| Abstract - #309979 |
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Title:
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Statistical Issues in Health Effects of Air Pollution
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Author(s):
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Donna Stroup*+ and Rebecca Klemm
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Companies:
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Klemm Analysis Group, Inc. and Klemm Analysis Group, Inc.
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Address:
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1339 Green Court, Washington, DC, 20005,
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Keywords:
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air pollution ; particulate matter ; modeling ; environmental epidemiology ; distance effect
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Abstract:
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We examine issues in estimating the effect of air pollution on the health of populations. We used mortality data from CDC, air quality data from EPRI and EPA, and weather data from NOAA. We calculate distance between location of death and monitoring and the sensitivity of estimates to this distance and smoothing parameters. Multiple cause of death (in addition to underlying cause) adds additional information for selected causes of death, particularly respiratory conditions, unintentional injuries, septicemia, and Alzheimer's disease. Choices of parameters in modeling were less sensitive to distance from power monitoring source than previously determined. Proper use and interpretation of models of air pollution's effect on human health should enable more complete understanding of the effect of air pollution and should inform policy in this arena.
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