Estimating lonq-term average particulate air pollution concentrations: Application of traffic indicators and geographic information systems

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 228-239

  Brauer, Michael ^a,b   Hoek, Gerard ^a   Van Vliet, Patricia ^a   Meliefste, Kees ^a   Fischer, Paul ^c   Gehring, Ulrike ^d   Heinrich, Joachim ^d   Cyrys, Josef ^d   Bellander, Tom ^e,f   Lewne, Marie ^e   Brunekreef, Bert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental epidemiology; Geographic information systems; GIS; Particles; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0038284004     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200303000-00019     Document Type: Article

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