Dynamic assessment of exposure to air pollution using mobile phone data

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Dewulf, Bart ^a,b,c   Neutens, Tijs ^a   Lefebvre, Wouter ^c   Seynaeve, Gerdy ^d   Vanpoucke, Charlotte ^e   Beckx, Carolien ^c   Van de Weghe, Nico ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^d Proximus   (Belgium)

^e IRCEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dynamic assessment; Exposure; Mobile phone data; Travel patterns

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

BELGIUM;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTION; BELGIUM; CELL PHONES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84963812530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-016-0042-z     Document Type: Article

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