Short-term health effects of air pollution
Subtitle: a case study
By: N. Duan ... [et al.].
Contributors: Duan, Naihua, 1949-; Rand Corporation.; United States. Environmental Protection Agency.; Rand Health Insurance Experiment.
Publisher: Rand
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Air -- Pollution -- Toxicology.; Air -- Pollution -- Toxicology -- Ohio -- Dayton.; Air -- Pollution -- Toxicology -- Washington (State) -- Seattle.; Air Pollution -- adverse effects.
Description: This report documents the findings of a study on the health effects of air pollution. The data on which the study is based were collected in Dayton, Ohio, in the Health Insurance Experiment conducted by RAND for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The authors applied the Whittemore-Korn individual time series analysis to a general population dataset and found it to be a promising method for measuring the short-term health effects of air pollution. The results consistently identify sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide as having significant adverse health effects.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 79.
"Prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
Based on data collected in Dayton by the Health Insurance Experiment (HIE) that Rand carried out.
"R-3496-EPA."
"January 1990."