Assessing the spatial distribution of nitrogen dioxide in London, Ontario

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1335-1345

  Oiamo, Tor H ^a   Luginaah, Isaac N ^a   Buzzelli, Michael ^a   Tang, Kathy ^a   Xu, Xiaohong ^b   Brook, Jeffrey R ^c   Johnson, Markey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DISEASES; HOUSING; LAND USE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAILROADS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

AIR POLLUTION HEALTH EFFECTS; AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLINGS; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHOLESTEROL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGHWAY; HYPERTENSION; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY;

EID: 84868279452     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2012.715114     Document Type: Article

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