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01-09-2017 | Editorial

Learning about “cause” and “effect” through well-designed studies of air quality interventions

Author: Dan S. Greenbaum

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 7/2017

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There is growing interest in conducting studies before and after interventions that were designed to improve traffic and air quality with the aim of using these discrete actions to more effectively determine whether and how air pollution might cause health effects (Van Erp et al. 2012; Zigler and Dominici 2014). Perhaps nowhere has there been more interest in pursuing such studies than in the area of potential effects of traffic related air pollution on health, where a considerable literature has grown and been reviewed in recent years (HEI 2010). …

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Title: Learning about “cause” and “effect” through well-designed studies of air quality interventions
Author: Dan S. Greenbaum
Publication date: 01-09-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-0979-0

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