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. 2004 Mar;112(3):309–313. doi: 10.1289/ehp.6428

Biologically plausible particulate air pollution mortality concentration-response functions.

Steven Roberts 1
PMCID: PMC1241859  PMID: 14998745

Abstract

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.

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