Table 1.

Model components and data sets used to estimate parameters

Model component	Data	Parameters
Spatial–temporal	National speciation monitoring network: 313 monitors with 1-in-6 day observations on PM2.5 chemical components, years 2000–2006 (see Figure 2 for locations of monitors)	μ(), ϕ, κ, σ, x
Health risk	Daily county-specific time series of cardiovascular hospital admissions from Medicare claims, 2000–2006; county-specific geographic boundaries; predictions from spatial–temporal model	θ
Spatial misalignment variance	National speciation monitoring network; county-specific geographic boundaries	τ2