Disparities in exposure to automobile and truck traffic and vehicle emissions near the Los Angeles-long beach port complex

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 156-164

  Houston, Douglas ^a   Li, Wei ^b   Wu, Jun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHAUST GAS;

ANALYSIS; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; RACE; STATISTICS;

AUTOMOBILES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84891676728     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301120     Document Type: Article

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