A community participatory study of cardiovascular health and exposure to near-highway air pollution: Study design and methods

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-35

  Fuller, Christina H ^a,b   Patton, Allison P ^d   Lane, Kevin ^e   Laws, M Barton ^f   Marden, Aaron ^c   Carrasco, Edna ^g   Spengler, John ^e   Mwamburi, Mkaya ^c   Zamore, Wig ^h   Durant, John L ^d   Brugge, Doug ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Tufts University   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Committee for Boston Public Housing ^*  (United States)

^h Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health (CAFEH); Community based participatory research (CBPR); Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AIR POLLUTANT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BOSTON; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84879045922     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2012-0029     Document Type: Review

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