Quantitative health impact assessment of transport policies: Two simulations related to speed limit reduction and traffic re-allocation in the Netherlands

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 691-698

  Schram Bijkerk, Dieneke ^a   Van Kempen, E ^a   Knol, A B ^a   Kruize, H ^a   Staatsen, B ^a   Van Kamp, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VELOCITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SLEEP DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349382989     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.041046     Document Type: Article

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