Health Impact Modelling of Active Travel Visions for England and Wales Using an Integrated Transport and Health Impact Modelling Tool (ITHIM)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Woodcock, James ^a   Givoni, Moshe ^b   Morgan, Andrei Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAR; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF TRANSPORT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INTEGRATED TRANSPORT AND HEALTH IMPACT MODELLING TOOL; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCESS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WALKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILES; BICYCLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION; WALES; WALKING;

EID: 84872177707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051462     Document Type: Article

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