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A Bilevel Multi-objective Road Pricing Model for Economic, Environmental and Health Sustainability

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A Comparative Health Risk Assessment of Electronic Cigarettes and Conventional Cigarettes.

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A Methodology for Quantifying the Contribution of Volcanic Ash to Urban Air Pollution

A Novel Approach in Quantifying the Effect of Urban Design Features on Local-Scale Air Pollution in Central Urban Areas

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

A Rain Gauge for the Measurement of Finescale Temporal Variations

A mobile monitoring method for the screening of vehicle-movement-induced airborne erionite from roads in high-development residential areas

A semi-empirical model for predicting the effect of changes in traffic flow patterns on carbon monoxide concentrations

A semi-empirical model for predicting the effect of changes in traffic flow patterns on carbon monoxide concentrations

A simple semi-empirical model for predicting missing carbon monoxide concentrations

A simple semi-empirical model for predicting missing carbon monoxide concentrations

Air Pollution Exposure in Relation to the Commute to School: A Bradford UK Case Study

scientific article published on 29 October 2016

Air Pollution Exposure in Relation to the Commute to School: A Bradford UK Case Study

scholarly article published 26 October 2016

Air Pollution Exposure in Walking School Bus Routes: A New Zealand Case Study

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

An investigation into long-distance health impacts of the 1996 eruption of Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand

Annoyance and Health-Related Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Study Involving Two Noise Sources

Arsenic in Hair as a Marker of Exposure to Smoke from the Burning of Treated Wood in Domestic Wood Burners

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Climate and respiratory disease in Auckland, New Zealand

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Community exposure to hazardous site remediation in rural New Zealand: an exposed-referent study of serum dioxins and health effects

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Critical indoor environmental factors affecting productivity: perspectives from university staff and postgraduate students

Cycleways and footpaths: What separation is needed for equivalent air pollution dose between travel modes?

scholarly article by Stuart K. Grange et al published October 2014 in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Determinants of spikes in ultrafine particle concentration whilst commuting by bus

scholarly article by Shanon Lim et al published July 2015 in Atmospheric Environment

Development of an ANN–based air pollution forecasting system with explicit knowledge through sensitivity analysis

scholarly article by Madhavi Anushka Elangasinghe et al published October 2014 in Atmospheric pollution research

Do quiet areas afford greater health-related quality of life than noisy areas?

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Effects of climate change on health and wellbeing: A systematic review

Effects of local, synoptic and large‐scale climate conditions on daily nitrogen dioxide concentrations in Auckland, New Zealand

Emerging threats in urban ecosystems: a horizon scanning exercise

scientific article published in 2015

Erionite in Auckland bedrock and malignant mesothelioma: an emerging public and occupational health hazard?

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

Evaluating the impact of wind turbine noise on health-related quality of life

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Evidence and Mass Quantification of Atmospheric Microplastics in a Coastal New Zealand City

Exploring the relationship between noise sensitivity, annoyance and health-related quality of life in a sample of adults exposed to environmental noise.

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Green Space and Depression during Pregnancy: Results from the Growing Up in New Zealand Study.

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

Green Space and Physical Activity in Pregnant Women: Evidence From the Growing Up in New Zealand Study

scientific article published on 24 August 2016

Green space and pregnancy outcomes: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand

scientific article published on 29 April 2017

Health and climate related ecosystem services provided by street trees in the urban environment

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Health effects of transport noise

Health-related quality of life is impacted by proximity to an airport in noise-sensitive people

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Housing Risk Factors Associated with Respiratory Disease: A Systematic Review

Housing for Now and the Future: A Systematic Review of Climate-Adaptive Measures

scientific article published in 2021

Implications for air quality management of changes in air quality during lockdown in Auckland (New Zealand) in response to the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 epidemic

scientific article published on 27 July 2020

In-Cabin Vehicle Carbon Monoxide Concentrations under Different Ventilation Settings

scholarly article by Kim Dirks et al published 28 August 2018 in Atmosphere

Indoor air pollution levels were halved as a result of a national tobacco ban in a New Zealand prison

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Influence of Differing Microenvironments on Personal Carbon Monoxide Exposure in Auckland, New Zealand

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Mobile selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) devices and their use for pollution exposure monitoring in breath and ambient air-pilot study

scientific article published on 4 September 2014

Modelling and predicting urban atmospheric pollutants in the Aosta Valley region of Italy using a site‐optimised model

Modelling the effect of wind and vehicle flow on exhaust dispersion at two traffic intersections in Hamilton, New Zealand

2001 doctoral thesis by Kim Natasha Dirks at University of Auckland

Modified Neighborhood Problems Scale

Natural hazard preparedness in an Auckland community: child and community perceptions

PERCEPTIONS OF NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE

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Quantification of the Psychoacoustic Effect of Noise from Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Research Ideas Worth Funding III - Panel discussion

Responsible corporate change: detecting and managing employee stress

scientific article published on April 2015

Road traffic noise and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study

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Socioeconomic Status and Route Characteristics in Relation to Children's Exposure to Air Pollution from Road Traffic While Walking to School in Auckland, New Zealand

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The Covariance between Air Pollution Annoyance and Noise Annoyance, and Its Relationship with Health-Related Quality of Life

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The Effect of Route Choice in Children's Exposure to Ultrafine Particles Whilst Walking to School

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The Epidemiology of Noise Sensitivity in New Zealand

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

The impact of land-sea breezes on the formation of Brown haze in an urban isthmus environment

The influence of vegetation on the horizontal and vertical distribution of pollutants in a street canyon

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The negative affect hypothesis of noise sensitivity

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Topographic Effects on Precipitation

Use of Creative Writing to Develop a Semantic Differential Tool for Assessing Soundscapes

Using health impacts to assess atmospheric carbon monoxide models

Using health impacts to assess atmospheric carbon monoxide models

What makes a healthy home? A study in Auckland, New Zealand