“…Kriging is widely used in environmental epidemiological studies, especially of air pollution (Liao et al, 2006;Min & Min, 2017;Tsai, Lin, & Chen, 2009), but it has been also suggested as a superior method to predict noise properties (Taghizadeh, Zare, & Zare, 2013). Kriging is widely used in environmental epidemiological studies, especially of air pollution (Liao et al, 2006;Min & Min, 2017;Tsai, Lin, & Chen, 2009), but it has been also suggested as a superior method to predict noise properties (Taghizadeh, Zare, & Zare, 2013).…”