Investigating the relationship between air pollution, health and social deprivation in Leeds, UK

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 585-591

  Namdeo, Anil ^a   Stringer, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality; Environmental justice; Health; Road user charging; Social deprivation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ROAD USER CHARGING; SOCIAL DEPRIVATION;

AIR QUALITY;

1,3 BUTADIENE; BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIAL IMPACT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEEDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44749090832     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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