@article{ref1,
title="Modeling temperature effects on mortality: multiple segmented relationships with common break points",
journal="Biostatistics",
year="2008",
author="Muggeo, Vito M. R.",
volume="9",
number="4",
pages="613-620",
abstract="We present a model for estimation of temperature effects on mortality that is able to capture jointly the typical features of every temperature-death relationship, that is, nonlinearity and delayed effect of cold and heat over a few days. Using a segmented approximation along with a doubly penalized spline-based distributed lag parameterization, estimates and relevant standard errors of the cold- and heat-related risks and the heat tolerance are provided. The model is applied to data from Milano, Italy.  <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1465-4644",
doi="10.1093/biostatistics/kxm057",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biostatistics/kxm057"
}