Author/Editor		Winterhalter, M
Title		The role of weather and air quality in epidemiological studies
Type		članek
Source		In: Hočevar A, Črepinšek Z, Kajfež-Bogataj L, editors. Biometeorology 14. Proceedings of the 14th international congress of biometeorology. Part 2. (Vol 3); 1996 Sep 1-8; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Slovenian meteorological society,
Publication year		1996
Volume		str. 183-90
Language		eng
Abstract		An epidemiological study on respiratory diseases in Bavaria/Germany is presented which investigates the influence of weather and air quality on a group of test subjects. It is shown that the data available (meteorological data from the Deutscher Wetterdienst and air quality data from the Landesamt fuer Umweltschutz) are not suitable for these studies. Variations in the time scale can produce nearly any possible statistical result. The descriptive data are coupled, so they must be orthogonalized before being used in a multiple regression analysis.
Descriptors		RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES WEATHER AIR POLLUTION METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS TEMPERATURE AIR PRESSURE