Transport and public health in China: the road to a healthy future

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10104, 2017, Pages 1781-1791

  Jiang, Baoguo ^a,b   Liang, Song ^c   Peng, Zhong Ren ^c,d,e   Cong, Haozhe ^f   Levy, Morgan ^g   Cheng, Qu ^h   Wang, Tianbing ^a,b   Remais, Justin V ^g  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d China Center for Urban Development   (China)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLIST; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; MOTORCYCLIST; PEDESTRIAN; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TREND STUDY; CAR; CITY PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILES; CHINA; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 85038617638     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31958-X     Document Type: Review

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