We conduct a case-study evaluating the source-specific effects of particulate matter on respiratory function. Using a structural equation approach, we assess the effect of different receptor models on the estimated source-specific effects for univariate respiratory response. Furthermore, we...

Traffic particle concentrations show considerable spatial variability within a metropolitan area. We consider latent variable semiparametric regression models for modelling the spatial and temporal variability of black carbon and elemental carbon concentrations in the greater Boston area....

type="main" xml:id="rssc12056-abs-0001" <title type="main">Summary</title> <p>We propose a method for assessing variable importance in matched case–control investigations and other highly stratified studies characterized by high dimensional data (pn). In simulated and real data sets, we show that the algorithm proposed...</p>