Car free cities: Pathway to healthy urban living

Environment International

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 251-262

  Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b,c   Khreis, Haneen ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MOBILITY SOLUTIONS; POTENTIAL NEGATIVE EFFECTS; PREMATURE MORTALITY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

CAR USE; EMISSION CONTROL; HEALTH IMPACT; MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOISE REDUCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTION; CAR; CITY; NOISE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILES; CITIES; HUMANS; NOISE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84973163629     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.032     Document Type: Review

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