Urban and transport planning, environmental exposures and health-new concepts, methods and tools to improve health in cities

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 15, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GIS; GPS; GREENSPACE; HEALTH IMPACT; MOBILE PHONE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING; ROAD; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR POLLUTION; BEHAVIOR; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOISE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT PLANNING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84995695122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0108-1     Document Type: Review

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