Traffic-related air pollution and health co-benefits of alternative transport in Adelaide, South Australia

Environment International

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 281-290

  Xia, Ting ^a   Nitschke, Monika ^b   Zhang, Ying ^c   Shah, Pushan ^d   Crabb, Shona ^a   Hansen, Alana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b The Department for Health and Ageing   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active transport; Air pollution; Health impact assessment; Physical activity; Public transport; Traffic injury

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEALTH RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC INJURIES;

HEALTH;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; EXPOSURE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CYCLING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BICYCLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909953981     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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