A web-based route planning tool to reduce cyclists' exposures to traffic pollution: A case study in Montreal, Canada

Environmental Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-61

  Hatzopoulou, Marianne ^a   Weichenthal, Scott ^b   Barreau, Guillaume ^a   Goldberg, Mark ^a   Farrell, William ^a   Crouse, Dan ^b   Ross, Nancy ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cycling; NO2 exposure; Route planning; Web application

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC; WEB BASED ROUTE PLANNING TOOL; WEB BROWSER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MAPS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; QUEBEC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84877099289     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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