Geospatial analysis of naturally occurring boundaries in road-transport emissions and children's respiratory health across a demographically diverse cityscape

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-99

  Jephcote, Calvin ^a   Chen, Haibo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Boundary analysis; Dose distance response; Environmental Justice (EJ); Multilevel modelling; Respiratory health; Traffic emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARCINOGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INNER CITY AREA; MINORITY GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; PATTERN RECOGNITION; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CITY; CITY PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ENGLAND; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875274540     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.030     Document Type: Article

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