The state of the literature on traffic-related emissions, air pollution, human exposures, and health

Abstract There is a vast literature on elements of the “full-chain” between traffic air pollution sources and associated health outcomes: traffic, emissions, air quality, exposures, and health impacts, in addition to technology. However, there lacked a tool to efficiently identify these articles and the elements that they addressed. The literature library discussed here aims to assemble specialized articles related to full-chain elements, and technology and to provide students, researchers, and practitioners with efficient access to articles of interest. This chapter describes the development, analysis and benefits of the library, emphasizes full-chain assessment of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) and health, describes the current state of literature regarding full-chain elements, and makes recommendations for future studies. There is a lack of studies addressing all full-chain elements—only 2.7% of the library. There is a greater need to implement such analyses, especially when aiming to influence policy changes to mitigate TRAP and adverse health impacts.