Abstract | OBJECTIVE: Quantify the health impacts on morbidity of reduced car trips and increased public transport and cycling trips. METHODS: A health impact assessment study of morbidity outcomes related to replacing car trips in Barcelona metropolitan (3,231,458 inhabitants). Through 8 different transport scenarios, the number of cases of disease or injuries related to physical activity, particulate matter air pollution <2.5 μm (PM2.5) and traffic incidents in travelers was estimated. We also estimate PM2.5 exposure and cases of disease in the general population. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: Transport policies to reduce car trips could produce important health benefits in terms of reduced morbidity, particularly for those who take up active transportation.
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Authors | D Rojas-Rueda, A de Nazelle, O Teixidó, M J Nieuwenhuijsen |
Journal | Preventive medicine
(Prev Med)
Vol. 57
Issue 5
Pg. 573-9
(Nov 2013)
ISSN: 1096-0260 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 23938465
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | © 2013. |
Topics |
- Accidents, Traffic
- Adult
- Aged
- Air Pollution
(prevention & control)
- Bicycling
(statistics & numerical data)
- Cause of Death
- Chronic Disease
(mortality, prevention & control)
- Female
- Health Impact Assessment
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Motor Activity
- Spain
- Transportation
(statistics & numerical data)
- Urban Population
(statistics & numerical data)
- Wounds and Injuries
(mortality, prevention & control)
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