Use of a remote car starter in relation to smog and climate change perceptions: A population survey in Quebec (Canada)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 694-709

  Belanger, Diane ^a   Gosselin, Pierre ^b   Valois, Pierre ^b   Germain, Stéphane ^b   Abdous, Belkacem ^a  

^a University Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Car idling; Climate change; Environment and public health; Health related behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMOG; TELEPHONE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 61449169077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6020694     Document Type: Article

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