The health impacts of local traffic pollution on primary school age children

Rickwood, P; Knight, D

The health impacts of local traffic pollution on primary school age children

Rickwood, P Knight, D

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Publisher:: Promaco Conventions
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: State of Australian Cities (SOAC) Conference, 2009, pp. 1 - 32
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Rickwood, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Knight, D	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Maginn, PJ	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Jones, R	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Haslam-Mackenzie, F	en_US
dc.date	2009-11-24	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	State of Australian Cities (SOAC) Conference, 2009, pp. 1 - 32	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1 86308 156 9	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12700
dc.description.abstract	There is a large body of medical research on the health impacts of local traffic air pollution. Vehicle emissions, road dust and tyre fragmentation together cause an increase in atmospheric levels of carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrates and particulate matter in both solid and liquid forms. For those exposed to such pollution, there is a documented increase in mortality and morbidity from both respiratory and cardiac diseases. There is also evidence that the effects are greater on children. Despite these findings, there has been comparatively little work done in estimating the effect on student health of school location, with most studies focusing instead on residential location. By combining a random sample of primary schools in Sydney with detailed traffic volume data, we estimate the impact of traffic pollution on the health of primary school children in Sydney.	en_US
dc.publisher	Promaco Conventions	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	State of Australian Cities (SOAC) Conference	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	State of Australian Cities Conference	en_US
dc.title	The health impacts of local traffic pollution on primary school age children	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Canning Bridge, Western Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Perth, Western Australia	en_US
utslib.for	1604 Human Geography	en_US
utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning	en_US
dc.location.activity	Perth, Western Australia	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
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pubs.place-of-publication	Canning Bridge, Western Australia	en_US
pubs.start-date	2009-11-24	en_US

Abstract:

There is a large body of medical research on the health impacts of local traffic air pollution. Vehicle emissions, road dust and tyre fragmentation together cause an increase in atmospheric levels of carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrates and particulate matter in both solid and liquid forms. For those exposed to such pollution, there is a documented increase in mortality and morbidity from both respiratory and cardiac diseases. There is also evidence that the effects are greater on children. Despite these findings, there has been comparatively little work done in estimating the effect on student health of school location, with most studies focusing instead on residential location. By combining a random sample of primary schools in Sydney with detailed traffic volume data, we estimate the impact of traffic pollution on the health of primary school children in Sydney.

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