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SUBMITTER: Gasparrini A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5388182 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 20161101 6
This study assesses two alternative approaches for investigating linear and nonlinear lagged associations in environmental time series data, comparing through simulations simple methods based on moving average summaries with more flexible distributed lag linear and nonlinear models. Results indicate that the latter provide estimates with no or low bias and close-to-nominal confidence intervals, even for long-lagged associations and in the presence of strong seasonal trends. Moving average models ...[more]