Table 2: The estimated parameters by air pollutants and their lags. (ICD-9: 301, 3018, 312). Edmonton, Canada, 1992-2002.

Pollutant Lag Beta SE P-Value PN μ FN
CO, Lag 0 0.191973 0.068837 0.0053 88 1.21 2
1 0.258101 0.073058 0.0004 0 0.04 2
2 0.189423 0.074041 0.0105 0 0.04 2
3 0.219066 0.073485 0.0029 0 0.04 2
4 0.153706 0.074417 0.0389 0 0.04 2
5 0.097842 0.073980 0.1860 0 0.04 2
NO2, Lag 0 0.029135 0.011790 0.0135 88 33.93 2
1 0.041135 0.015587 0.0083 0 3.89 2
2 0.037302 0.015537 0.0164 0 3.89 2
3 0.049413 0.015422 0.0014 0 3.89 2
4 0.022920 0.011819 0.0525 21 13.90 2
5 -0.148636 0.144461 0.3035 100 67.48 2

Notes: SE - Standard Error, PN - Percentile Number (0-100), τ = 0.1, μ - parameters of logistic function, FN - shows which function was used: 1 - identity, 2 - a square root, 3 - a power to 1.5.