Methodology for assessing exposure and impacts of air pollutants in school children: Data collection, analysis and health effects - A literature review

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 813-823

  Mejía, Jaime F ^a   Choy, Samantha Low ^a   Mengersen, Kerrie ^a   Morawska, Lidia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Exposure assessment; Methodology; School children; Traffic emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; CHILDREN'S HEALTH; CITY BLOCK; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; DATA COLLECTION; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GROUND-LEVEL; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH SYMPTOMS; HIGH EXPOSURES; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INDOOR MEASUREMENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; METHODOLOGY; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POLLUTION SOURCES; REMOTE MONITOR; SCHOOL CHILDREN; SOCIOECONOMIC RESEARCH; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITY; TRAFFIC ACTIVITIES; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RATING; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TEACHING;

AIR INTAKES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; LITERATURE REVIEW; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; FURNITURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 78650995341     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.009     Document Type: Review

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