Modeling population exposure to community noise and air pollution in a large metropolitan area

Environmental Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-16

  Gan, Wen Qi ^a   McLean, Kathleen ^a   Brauer, Michael ^a   Chiarello, Sarah A ^a   Davies, Hugh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Noise prediction model; Traffic; Transportation noise; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIDEMIOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; NOISE POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC NOISE;

AIR POLLUTION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 84861692886     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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