Influence of geocoding quality on environmental exposure assessment of children living near high traffic roads

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Zandbergen, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33947700831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-37     Document Type: Article

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