dc.contributor.author |
Rafiepourgatabi, Mehrdad |
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dc.contributor.author |
Woodward, Alistair |
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dc.contributor.author |
Salmond, Jennifer A |
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dc.contributor.author |
Dirks, Kim Natasha |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
Switzerland |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-11-21T20:36:10Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-11-21T20:36:10Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021-7-23 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1661-7827 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/2292/57504 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Children walking to school are at a high risk of exposure to air pollution compared with other modes because of the time they spend in close proximity to traffic during their commute. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a walker's route choice on their exposure to ultrafine particles (UFP) on the walk to school. During morning commutes over a period of three weeks, exposure to UFP was measured along three routes: two routes were alongside both sides of a busy arterial road with significantly higher levels of traffic on one side compared to the other, and the third route passed through quiet streets (the background route). The results indicate that the mean exposure for the pedestrian walking along the background route was half the exposure experienced on the other two routes. Walkers on the trafficked side were exposed to elevated concentrations (>100,000 pt/cc) 2.5 times longer than the low-trafficked side. However, the duration of the elevated exposure for the background route was close to zero. Public health officials and urban planners may use the results of this study to promote healthier walking routes to schools, especially those planned as part of organized commutes. |
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dc.format.medium |
Electronic |
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dc.language |
eng |
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dc.publisher |
MDPI AG |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
International journal of environmental research and public health |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
Humans |
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dc.subject |
Air Pollutants |
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dc.subject |
Walking |
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dc.subject |
Air Pollution |
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dc.subject |
Environmental Exposure |
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dc.subject |
Environmental Monitoring |
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dc.subject |
Schools |
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dc.subject |
Child |
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dc.subject |
Particulate Matter |
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dc.subject |
UFP exposure |
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dc.subject |
children |
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dc.subject |
route choice |
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dc.subject |
walking |
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dc.subject |
Air Pollutants |
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dc.subject |
Air Pollution |
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dc.subject |
Child |
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dc.subject |
Environmental Exposure |
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dc.subject |
Environmental Monitoring |
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dc.subject |
Humans |
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dc.subject |
Particulate Matter |
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dc.subject |
Schools |
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dc.subject |
Walking |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology |
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dc.subject |
Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
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dc.subject |
Environmental Sciences |
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dc.subject |
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health |
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dc.subject |
Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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dc.subject |
UFP exposure |
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dc.subject |
children |
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dc.subject |
walking |
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dc.subject |
route choice |
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dc.subject |
AIR-POLLUTION |
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dc.subject |
BLACK CARBON |
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dc.subject |
CYCLISTS EXPOSURE |
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dc.subject |
COMMUTING ROUTES |
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dc.subject |
AUCKLAND |
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dc.subject |
IMPACT |
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dc.subject |
TRANSPORT |
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dc.subject |
BUS |
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dc.title |
The Effect of Route Choice in Children's Exposure to Ultrafine Particles Whilst Walking to School. |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.3390/ijerph18157808 |
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pubs.issue |
15 |
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pubs.begin-page |
7808 |
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pubs.volume |
18 |
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dc.date.updated |
2021-10-15T03:32:38Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
en |
pubs.author-url |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360102 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
en |
pubs.subtype |
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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pubs.subtype |
research-article |
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pubs.subtype |
Journal Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
860666 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1660-4601 |
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dc.identifier.pii |
ijerph18157808 |
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pubs.number |
ARTN 7808 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2021-7-23 |
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