Diesel particulate matter, lung cancer, and asthma incidences along major traffic corridors in MA, USA: A GIS analysis

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 817-828

  McEntee, Jesse C ^a   Ogneva Himmelberger, Yelena ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diesel particulate matter; Environmental justice; Geographic information systems (GIS); Lung cancer; Massachusetts

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY MAKING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXHAUST GAS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASSACHUSETTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 45549102240     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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