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Title Environmental health impacts of transport and mobility / edited by P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati, L. Hens, and C.V. Howard
Published Dordrecht : Springer, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 324 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Environmental science and technology library ; v. 21
Environmental science and technology library ; v. 21.
Contents Effects of Mobility on Health -- Traffic, Noise and Health -- Environmental Noise, Annoyance and Sleep Disturbance -- Psychological and Social Aspects of "Transport and Health" -- Air Pollution and Health: -- The Respiratory Effects of Air Pollution -- Photochemical Activity of Importance to Health in the Aegean -- Monitoring of Suspended Aerosol Particles and Tropospheric Ozone by the Laser Remote Sensing (Lidar) Technique: -- Health Impact and Control of Particle Matter -- Endocrine Problems Related to Mobility -- Sedentarism -- Mobility and Transport in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and National Environmental Action Plans -- Integrating Health Concerns into Transport Policies: -- Mobility and Health in Bulgaria -- Health and Mobility in Flanders (Belgium) -- Country Report Austria on Mobility, Environmental Issues, and Health -- Health and Mobility in the UK -- Effects of Mobility on Health -- An Overview
Summary Examines the health effects of transport and mobility by addressing the major issues related to the subject and analyzing their consequences. Thus not only are air pollution, noise, and sedentarism and its related endocrine problems discussed, but topics such as jet-lag, accidents and violent displacement are also addressed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Environmental health.
Transportation -- Health aspects
Migration, Internal -- Health aspects
Traffic accidents.
Transportation -- Health aspects -- Europe
Pollution -- Health aspects -- Europe
Traffic flow -- Environmental aspects -- Europe
Transportation
Accidents, Traffic
Environmental Illness
Environmental Pollution -- adverse effects
MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious.
Environmental sciences.
Medicine.
Noise control.
Public health.
Environment.
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.
Environment, general.
Environmental Medicine.
Medicine/Public Health, general.
Public Health/Gesundheitswesen.
Environmental protection.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Traffic flow -- Environmental aspects
Traffic accidents
Pollution -- Health aspects
Environmental health
Migration, Internal -- Health aspects
Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Nicolopoulou-Stamati, P
Hens, Luc, 1951-
Howard, Vyvyan
ISBN 9781402043079
1402043074
140204304X
9781402043048
6610461732
9786610461738