Traffic-related air pollutants: Exposure of road users and populations living near busy roads

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-25

  Van Wijnen, J H ^a   Van Der Zee, S C ^a  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0031814065     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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