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Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.,

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    Title/Author: Advances in transportation and health/ edited by Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen and Haneen Khreis.
    Reminder of title: tools, technologies, policies, and developments /
    remainder title: Transportation and health
    other author: Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.,
    Published: Amsterdam :Elsevier, : 2020.,
    Description: 1 online resource.
    Notes: Includes index.
    [NT 15003449]: Intro -- Title page -- Table of Contents -- Copyright -- List of contributors -- Part I: Introduction and setting -- Chapter one. Transport and health -- an introduction -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Trends -- Adverse health impacts -- Land use, transport, and health -- Reduce car dependency and move toward public and active transportation -- Land use changes -- Policy assessment changes -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- Part II: Transport and effects on health
    [NT 15003449]: Chapter two. Perspectives on road safety through the lens of traffic crashes in the United States -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- Traffic crash fatalities: a global comparison -- The impact of risk and exposure on traffic crash frequency -- Infrastructure risk reduction -- Behavioral risk reduction -- Designing for safe systems -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter three. Traffic, air pollution, and health -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Air pollution and exposure assessment -- Health effects -- Air quality guidelines
    [NT 15003449]: Burden of disease and health impact assessments -- Impact of emerging technologies -- Best practices and overlap with other agenda -- Environmental justice -- Research gaps -- References -- Chapter four. Transport, noise, and health -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- What are the mechanisms by which noise can lead to disease? -- Noise-induced annoyance and sleep disturbances -- Transportation noise and lifestyle factors -- Transportation noise and risk for cardiovascular and metabolic disease -- Transportation noise and cancer -- Transportation noise, cognition, and mental health
    [NT 15003449]: Transportation noise and pregnancy outcomes -- Noise sources and mitigation measures -- References -- Chapter five. Active transportation, physical activity, and health -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- A body built to move -- The rise of physical inactivity -- Studies of physical activity and health -- Physical activity and the brain -- Active transport and health -- Is the association cause and effect? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter six. Public transport and health -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Air pollution -- Road traffic injuries -- Physical activity
    [NT 15003449]: Modal shift -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter seven. Transport and community severance -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- What is community severance? -- What are the effects of community severance? -- What are the health impacts of these effects? -- Cumulative impacts and inequalities -- What tools are available to assess community severance? -- Policies to remove or reduce community severance -- Summary -- References -- Chapter eight. A justice perspective on transport and health -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Disparities, inequalities, inequities, and justice
    Subject: Transportation - Health aspects. -
    Online resource: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128191361
    ISBN: 9780128191378 (electronic bk.)
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