Retrospective assessment of exposure to traffic air pollution using the ExTra index in the VESTA French epidemiological study

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 524-533

  Reungoat, Patrice ^a,b   Chiron, Mireille ^b   Gauvin, Stéphanie ^c   Zmirou Navier, Denis ^c   Momas, Isabelle ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Institut National de Recherche Sur Les Transports et Leur Sécurité   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersion model; Epidemiology; Exposure index; Traffic air pollution

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EXHAUST GAS; HOME; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSERY; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC; WEATHER;

EID: 27844591786     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: 14765519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500430     Document Type: Article

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