Rapid assessment of environmental health impacts for policy support: The example of road transport in New Zealand

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Briggs, David ^a   Mason, Kylie ^b   Borman, Barry ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental burden of disease; Health impact assessment; New Zealand; Physical activity; Road accidents; Road transport; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ACCIDENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY APPROACH; POLLUTION EFFECT; ROAD TRANSPORT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LAW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLIST; NEW ZEALAND; NOISE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAPID ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW ZEALAND;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NOISE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951826244     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010061     Document Type: Article

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