Health effects caused by primary fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emitted from buses in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland

Risk Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 151-160

  Tainio, Marko ^a   Tuomisto, Jouni T ^a   Hänninen, Otto ^a   Aarnio, Päivi ^a,b   Koistinen, Kimmo J ^a,c   Jantunen, Matti J ^a   Pekkanen, Juha ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Helsinki Metropol Area Cncl (YTV)   (Finland)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Compressed natural gas; Public transport; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DIESEL ENGINES; FLEET OPERATIONS; GAS ENGINES; HEALTH CARE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BUS TRAFFIC; DIESEL BUSES; PARTICLE TRAP TECHNOLOGY; PREMATURE MORTALITY;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

NATURAL GAS;

BUS TRANSPORT; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIESEL ENGINE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FINLAND; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MODEL; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FOSSIL FUELS; GASOLINE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 16344375407     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2005.00574.x     Document Type: Review

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