Urban and transport planning related exposures and mortality: A health impact assessment for cities

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 89-96

  Mueller, Natalie ^a,b,c   Rojas Rueda, David ^a,b,c   Basagaña, Xavier ^a,b,c   Cirach, Marta ^a,b,c   Hunter, Tom Cole ^a,b,c   Dadvand, Payam ^a,b,c   Donaire Gonzalez, David ^a,b,c,d   Foraster, Maria ^e,f   Gascon, Mireia ^a,b,c   Martinez, David ^a,b,c   Tonne, Cathryn ^a,b,c   Triguero Mas, Margarita ^a,b,c   Valentín, Antònia ^a,b,c   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark ^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)

^d Physical Activity and Sports Sciences Dept   (Spain)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEAT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOISE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; NOISE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPAIN; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 85008957397     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP220     Document Type: Article

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