A review and evaluation of intraurban air pollution exposure models

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-204

  Jerrett, Michael ^a   Arain, Altaf ^b   Kanaroglou, Pavlos ^c   Beckerman, Bernardo ^b   Potoglou, Dimitri ^b   Sahsuvaroglu, Talar ^b   Morrison, Jason ^d   Giovis, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dispersion models; Exposure assessment; GIS; Health effects assessment; Intraurban scale

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; CITY; DISPERSION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYBRID MODEL; INTEGRATED METEOROLOGICAL EMISSION MODEL; INTERPOLATION MODEL; LAND USE; LAND USE REGRESSION MODEL; METEOROLOGY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 15744402938     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500388     Document Type: Review

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