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Contribution to Book
Chapter 3 - Case study: Does PM2.5 contribute to the incidence of lung and bronchial cancers in the United States?
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Air Pollution and Its Application in Public Health
  • Jing Kersey, East Georgia State College
  • Jingjing Yin, Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
11-22-2019
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-815822-7.00003-0
Abstract

Air quality has been long known to be strongly related to human health. Many studies have assessed the impact of air pollution on human health. This case study illustrates how to conduct a statistical study related to air pollution and health issues using the statistical methods introduced in the previous chapter. This case study is to examine if PM2.5 contributes to the incidence of lung and bronchial cancers in the United States. Statistical analyses, such as descriptive statistics, scatter plots, time series analyses, generalized linear regression models, and lagged regression, are used to explore the relationship between the lung and bronchial cancer annual rates and PM2.5 values at both national and state levels.

Citation Information
Jing Kersey and Jingjing Yin. "Chapter 3 - Case study: Does PM2.5 contribute to the incidence of lung and bronchial cancers in the United States?" Spatiotemporal Analysis of Air Pollution and Its Application in Public Health (2019) p. 69 - 89
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hani_samawi/285/