The health impacts of traffic-related exposures in urban areas: Understanding real effects, underlying driving forces and co-producing future directions

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 249-267

  Khreis, Haneen ^a   Warsow, Karyn M ^b   Verlinghieri, Ersilia ^a   Guzman, Alvaro ^a   Pellecuer, Luc ^a,c   Ferreira, Antonio ^a   Jones, Ian ^a   Heinen, Eva ^a   Rojas Rueda, David ^d,e,f   Mueller, Natalie ^d,e,f   Schepers, Paul ^g   Lucas, Karen ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

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

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Car mobility; Collaboration; Health; Transport policy; Urban transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978999303     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2016.07.002     Document Type: Review

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