Levels of ambient air pollution according to mode of transport: a systematic review

The Lancet Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages e23-e34

  Cepeda, Magda ^a   Schoufour, Josje ^a   Freak Poli, Rosanne ^a,b   Koolhaas, Chantal M ^a   Dhana, Klodian ^a   Bramer, Wichor M ^a   Franco, Oscar H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DISPERSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; PEDESTRIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 85018792225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24682667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(16)30021-4     Document Type: Article

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