Human exposure to environmental health concern by types of urban environment: The case of Tel Aviv

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-65

  Schnell, Izhak ^a   Potchter, Oded ^a,b   Yaakov, Yaron ^a   Epstein, Yoram ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Measurements techniques; Noise; Personal exposure; Social stress; Thermal comfort; Urban micro environments

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; HEART; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONCERN; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTOR; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NOISE; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS;

HEALTH RISKS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH RISK; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NOISE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); ISRAEL; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; NOISE POLLUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STRESS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; URBAN AREA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEART RATE; MENTAL STRESS; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RECREATIONAL PARK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ISRAEL; TEL AVIV;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NOISE; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84959129304     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.08.040     Document Type: Article

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