The relevance of commuter and work/school exposure in an epidemiological study on traffic-related air pollution

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 474-481

  Ragettli, Martina S ^a,b   Phuleria, Harish C ^a,b,c   Tsai, Ming Yi ^a,b   Schindler, Christian ^a,b   De Nazelle, Audrey ^d   Ducret Stich, Regina E ^a,b   Ineichen, Alex ^a,b   Perez, Laura ^a,b   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^a,b   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^a,b   Künzli, Nino ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

air pollution; bias; inhalation dose; mobility; NO2; transport

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939572064     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.83     Document Type: Article

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