Air Pollution and Activity During Transportation by Car, Subway, and Walking

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-77

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a   Amstislavski, Philippe N ^d   Mirer, Franklin E ^b   Amstislavski, Tashia M ^a   Eisl, Holger ^a   Wolff, Mary S ^c   Markowitz, Steven B ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAILROADS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 66549122231     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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