Perceptions of air pollution during the work-related commute by adults in Queensland, Australia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 5791-5795

  Badland, Hannah M ^a   Duncan, Mitch J ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Commute; Questionnaire; Risk perception; Travel mode

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; MAJOR CITIES; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIODEMOGRAPHICS; SURVEY DATA; TRAVEL MODES; WORK-RELATED;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TRANSPORTATION; HEALTH; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMUTING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK PERCEPTION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POLLUTION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CYCLING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; TRAVEL; WALKING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 70949098153     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.050     Document Type: Article

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