Impact of low emission zones and local traffic policies on ambient air pollution concentrations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 435-436, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-140

  Boogaard, Hanna ^a,f   Janssen, Nicole A H ^b   Fischer, Paul H ^b   Kos, Gerard P A ^c   Weijers, Ernie P ^c   Cassee, Flemming R ^b   van der Zee, Saskia C ^d   de Hartog, Jeroen J ^a   Meliefste, Kees ^a   Wang, Meng ^a   Brunekreef, Bert ^a,e   Hoek, Gerard ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Local traffic policies; Low emission zones; Traffic; Trucks

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILES; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LOCATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOOT; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRUCKS;

AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; LOW EMISSION ZONES; POLICY INTERVENTION; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; TRAFFIC POLICIES; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION; TRAFFIC-RELATED POLLUTANTS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION POLICY; SOOT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH STATUS; LOW EMISSION ZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION AND POLLUTION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84864402900     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.089     Document Type: Article

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