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Epidemiology and transport: good science is paramount

Injury Prevention, 2014
The underlying philosophy of science is that of determinism and in the quantitative sciences ‘causal’ determinism can be empirically tested.1 Whether investigating the effects of Helicobacter pylori bacteria on the prevalence of peptic ulcers2 or elements of road infrastructure on the risk of a cyclist injury,3 the empirical approach whereby ...
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On the Risks of Transporting Dangerous Goods

1998
Hazardous materials (hazmats) pose a danger to the environment and to human health due to their toxic chemical ingredients. They include explosives, flammables, oxidizing materials, poisonous and infectious substances, radioactive materials, corrosive substances, and hazardous wastes. Most hazmats are not used at their point of production, and they are
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Roads and Transport are Private Goods

Economic Affairs, 1986
Decades of economics teaching have held that the provision of roods and transport is a public good from which free‐riders connof be excluded, and must therefore be provided by the stote. Gabriel Roth, fromerly at the World Bonk and now on infernational consultant on privatisation, demonstrates how, even in the poorer areas of the world, the market is ...
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Future Goods Transport in Europe

1989
In order to predict future developments in the field of international goods transport, it is necessary first to analyse some of the important factors which determine these developments. I shall concentrate on three such factors: 1. Changes in products and production systems. 2.
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The transport of goods in the urban environment: A comparative life cycle assessment of electric, compressed natural gas and diesel light-duty vehicles

, 2020
B. Marmiroli, Mattia Venditti, G. Dotelli, E. Spessa   +3 more
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Goods Transport to the 1830s [PDF]

, 1993
T. C. Barker, Dorian Gerhold
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Is public transport good for public health?

British Journal of Nursing, 2000
Given the recent tragedies surrounding trains, boats and planes, perhaps it is time to review the influence of these methods of transport on public health. A few centuries ago when stage coaches were first introduced into Great Britain they were seen by some as a great evil and those who travelled by these coaches became weary and listless.
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The impact of accidents during the transport of dangerous good, on people, the environment, and infrastructure and measures for their reduction: a review

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2023
N. Stojanović, B. Boskovic, M. Petrović, I. Grujić, O. Abdullah   +4 more
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Transportation of goods by sea – charterparties [PDF]

, 2009
Indira Carr, Peter Stone
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Transport Accessibility as Merit Good [PDF]

, 2010
The individual's perception of transport cost usually does not include the full social cost of transport, as in for instance, its global environmental effects. Under this view, we observe a mismatch between individual perception and general social transport cost and welfare.
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