A New Air Quality Perception Scale for Global Assessment of Air Pollution Health Effects

Risk Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2043-2054

  Deguen, Séverine ^a,b   Ségala, Claire ^b   Pédrono, Gaëlle ^b   Mesbah, Mounir ^c  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^b Sépia Santé ^*  (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Annoyances; Psychometric methods; Risk perception; Sensorial perception

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; ANNOYANCES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; GENERAL PUBLICS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH IMPACT; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PSYCHOMETRIC METHODS; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK PERCEPTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SUBPOPULATION; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRANCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRANCE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

FRANCE;

EID: 84871117755     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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