Neighborhood walkability and particulate air pollution in a nationwide cohort of women

Environmental Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 703-711

  James, Peter ^a   Hart, Jaime E ^a,b   Laden, Francine ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Built environment; Geographic information systems; Neighborhood socioeconomic status; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CENSUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; TOXICITY; WALKING;

UNITED STATES;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 84941992215     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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