Comparison of remote sensing and fixed-site monitoring approaches for examining air pollution and health in a national study population

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-171

  Prud'homme, Genevieve ^a   Dobbin, Nina A ^a   Sun, Liu ^a   Burnett, Richard T ^a   Martin, Randall V ^b,c   Davidson, Andrew ^d,e   Cakmak, Sabit ^a   Villeneuve, Paul J ^a,e,f   Lamsal, Lok N ^g,h   van Donkelaar, Aaron ^b   Peters, Paul A ⁱ   Johnson, Markey ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergy; Asthma; Epidemiology; Population health; Regulatory monitoring; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; POPULATION HEALTH; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SURVEILLANCE NETWORKS;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIES; CATCHMENTS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; NITROGEN OXIDES; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SATELLITES; SURVEYS;

MONITORING;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MISR; MODIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT;

CANADA;

EID: 84882970438     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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