Environmental quality health index for cities

Habitat International

Volumn 45, Issue P1, 2015, Pages 29-35

  Silva, Lígia T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dose effect; Environmental index; Risk of health effect; Urban air pollution; Urban noise

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

EID: 84912041032     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.06.020     Document Type: Article

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