Spatial and temporal associations of road traffic noise and air pollution in London: Implications for epidemiological studies

Environment International

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 235-242

  Fecht, Daniela ^a   Hansell, Anna L ^a,b   Morley, David ^a   Dajnak, David ^c   Vienneau, Danielle ^a,e,f   Beevers, Sean ^c   Toledano, Mireille B ^a   Kelly, Frank J ^c   Anderson, H Ross ^c,d   Gulliver, John ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Correlation; Exposure assessment; London; Noise; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CORRELATION METHODS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; LONDON; NOISE; ROAD TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION; UK CALCULATION OF ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ROAD TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC NOISE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NOISE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LONDON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE;

EID: 84953730875     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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