initMCAPS               package:MCAPS               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Initialize MCAPS database and setup directory for local cache

_U_s_a_g_e:

     initMCAPS(basedir = "MCAPS")

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

 basedir: character, directory where local cache of database will be
          stored

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     The 'initMCAPS' function must be run first before using the
     'MCAPS' package.    'initMCAPS' creates a local directory
     structure for storing a local cache of the MCAPS objects. 
     Internal code makes sure that the local copy is synchronized with
     the remote version of the database.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Roger D. Peng rpeng@jhsph.edu

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Dominici F, Peng RD, Bell ML, Pham L, McDermott A, Zeger SL, Samet
     JM (2006). "Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Hospital Admission
     for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases," Journal of the
     American Medical Association, 295 (10) 1127-1134.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'getData'

