How effective is 'greening' of urban areas in reducing human exposure to ground-level ozone concentrations, UV exposure and the 'urban heat island effect'? A protocol to update a systematic review

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Knight, Teri ^a   Price, Sian ^a   Bowler, Diana ^b   King, Sian ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Greening; Ground level ozone; Heat island; Urban; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959349617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-016-0054-y     Document Type: Review

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