Determinants of perceived air pollution annoyance and association between annoyance scores and air pollution (PM2.5, NO2) concentrations in the European EXPOLIS study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 29, 2002, Pages 4593-4602

  Rotko, Tuulia ^a,e   Oglesby, Lucy ^b   Künzli, Nino ^b   Carrer, Paolo ^c   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^d   Jantunen, Matti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Exposure; Fine particles; Nitrogen dioxide; Road traffic; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEALTH RISKS; PULMONARY DISEASES; SMOKE; URBAN PLANNING;

FEMALE GENDERS;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERCEPTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRAFFIC; WORKPLACE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0346526230     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00465-X     Document Type: Article

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