Health impact assessment of traffic-related air pollution at the urban project scale: Influence of variability and uncertainty

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 506-507, Issue , 2015, Pages 409-421

  Chart asa, Chidsanuphong ^a   Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald ^b  

^a MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Health impact assessment; PM2.5; Traffic; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; LIGHT POLARIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH;

HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER AIR POLLUTION; QUALITY OF INFORMATION; RESPONSE COEFFICIENT; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION; UNCERTAINTY; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA; VARIABILITY;

HEALTH RISKS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84911865008     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.020     Document Type: Article

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