Investigating the role of transportation models in epidemiologic studies of traffic related air pollution and health effects

Environmental Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 282-291

  Shekarrizfard, Maryam ^a   Valois, Marie France ^b   Goldberg, Mark S ^b   Crouse, Dan ^c   Ross, Nancy ^a   Parent, Marie Elise ^d   Yasmin, Shamsunnahar ^a   Hatzopoulou, Marianne ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Land use regression; MOVES; Traffic related emissions; Trip level NOx< inf> emissions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; LAND USE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SUMMER; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN OXIDES; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUEBEC; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84928556402     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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