Toward dynamic urban environmental exposure assessments in mental health research

Environmental Research

Volumn 161, Issue , 2018, Pages 129-135

  Helbich, Marco ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daily path; Dynamic exposures; Exposure assessments; Geographic information system; Global positioning system; Mental health; Register data; Residential life course; Spatial context

Indexed keywords

AIR EXPOSURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA ASSIMILATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ETIOLOGY; GIS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESEARCH WORK; RESIDENT POPULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85033439650     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.11.006     Document Type: Article

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