How wide should be the adjacent area to an urban motorway to prevent potential health impacts from traffic emissions?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-128

  Barros, N ^a   Fontes, T ^a,b   Silva, M P ^a   Manso, M C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Human health protection; Near roadway; Urban motorway

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; HEALTH; NITROGEN OXIDES; ROADSIDES; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HORIZONTAL VARIATION; HUMAN HEALTH; NEAR ROADWAY; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; POLLUTANTS DISPERSIONS; URBAN MOTORWAY;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; MOTORWAY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84874560239     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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