This book examines the health effects of urban traffic, focusing on traumatic injury and pollution-related respiratory disease. It suggests innovative policy initiatives and evaluates the expected public health benefits.
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"This book is of interest to health care professionals, academics, transport policy makes and local national government officers, and important addition to the analysis of this problem." (International Journal of Environmental Science, Vol. 56, No. 1, 1999)
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There is an increasing awareness that human health and well-being is affected by transport policy in a complex way. This volume presents and assesses the health burden related to urban traffic by focusing on traumatic injury and pollution related respiratory disease. Furthermore it will present innovative transport policy initiatives and assess their expected benefits in terms of health and quality of life.
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The world's cities are growing in size nearly everywhere. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
killed road users, road accident problem, air pollution epidemiology, urban transport policy, road safety education, road user behaviour, motorized countries, respiratory admissions, road accident fatalities, sustainable transport policy, respiratory hospital admissions, air quality guidelines, sustainable transport policies, vulnerable road users, using aggregated data, most congested part, daily mortality, vehicle pollution, particulate air pollution, traffic fumes, air pollution exposure, air pollution concentrations, pollution days, pedestrian fatalities, road fatalities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Britain, Department of Transport, Royal Commission, Sons Ltd, World Health Organization, John Wiley, Los Angeles, American Review of Respiratory Disease, Third World, American Journal of Epidemiology, Greater London, East Germany, International Conference, Ministry of Transport, United States, Environmental Research, European Commission, West Germany, World Bank, Archives of Environmental Health, Ashden Trust, European Union, London School of Hygiene, Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom New!
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The world's cities are growing in size nearly everywhere. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
killed road users, road accident problem, air pollution epidemiology, urban transport policy, road safety education, road user behaviour, motorized countries, respiratory admissions, road accident fatalities, sustainable transport policy, respiratory hospital admissions, air quality guidelines, sustainable transport policies, vulnerable road users, using aggregated data, most congested part, daily mortality, vehicle pollution, particulate air pollution, traffic fumes, air pollution exposure, air pollution concentrations, pollution days, pedestrian fatalities, road fatalities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Britain, Department of Transport, Royal Commission, Sons Ltd, World Health Organization, John Wiley, Los Angeles, American Review of Respiratory Disease, Third World, American Journal of Epidemiology, Greater London, East Germany, International Conference, Ministry of Transport, United States, Environmental Research, European Commission, West Germany, World Bank, Archives of Environmental Health, Ashden Trust, European Union, London School of Hygiene, Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom New!
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- Health and Safety (Statutory Instruments) by The Stationery Office on page 184, and page 308
- Department of the Environment: Town and Country Planning Service: [Hc]: [1995-96]: House of Commons Papers: [1995-96] by J.M. Dowdall on page 48, and page 284
- Trunk Roads and the Generation of Traffic: SACTRA Report by Dept.of Transport on page 275, and page 309
- Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards: Carbon Monoxide by Dept.of Environment on page 35, and page 48
- Healthy Cities by John Ashton on page 166, and page 167
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