Differential exposure of the urban population to vehicular air pollution in Hong Kong

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 426, Issue , 2012, Pages 211-219

  Fan, Xiaopeng ^a   Lam, Kin che ^a   Yu, Qi ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental inequality; Socio economic status; Vehicular air pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS;

AIR DISPERSION MODEL; AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUALITY; GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION;

HOUSING;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HOUSING PROVISION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUALITY; EXHAUST GAS; HONG KONG; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84860658090     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.057     Document Type: Article

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