Double burden of deprivation and high concentrations of ambient air pollution at the neighbourhood scale in Montreal, Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 971-981

  Crouse, Dan L ^a   Ross, Nancy A ^a   Goldberg, Mark S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Canada; Geographic information systems (GIS); Neighbourhoods; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; NEIGHBORHOOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; URBAN POLLUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LAND USE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 69449088944     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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