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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 nondecreasing 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.
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Environmental Health Perspectives 112.3 (2004): 309-313
0091-6765
http://hdl.handle.net/10440/529
http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/529
10.1289/ehp.6428
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Biologically plausible particulate air pollution mortality concentration-response functions
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