Combining environment and health information systems for the assessment of atmospheric pollution on human health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 488-489, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 362-368

  Skouloudis, Andreas N ^a   Kassomenos, Pavlos ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Citizen's monitoring networks; Health impact assessments; Satellite total column; Sensor technologies

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MONITORING NETWORK; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS;

HEALTH;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH MONITORING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY APPROACH;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE SENSOR; SENSOR;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CITIZEN'S MONITORING NETWORKS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; SATELLITE TOTAL COLUMN; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84901670666     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.116     Document Type: Article

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