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. 2009 Jul 20;117(11):1791–1798. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0800467

Table 1.

Frequency of reported truck traffic density percentages in the various regions of the world where 13- to 14-year-old children were studied as part of the ISAAC phase 3 study.

No.
Percenta
Country Center Total High Medium Low Never
All centers 46 110 315,572 15.9 23.7 42.8 17.6
Africa 5 7 16,914 31.6 20.5 28.7 19.2
Asia-Pacific 7 15 49,707 12.5 20.6 45.2 21.7
Eastern Mediterranean 4 7 22,745 16.2 24.9 49.4 9.5
Indian subcontinent 1 16 43,298 17.2 22.0 35.4 25.4
Latin America 10 27 76,375 20.7 23.5 38.5 17.3
North America 3 3 6,452 10.9 24.1 49.9 15.1
Northern and Eastern Europe 7 10 30,026 11.6 23.7 55.0 9.7
Oceania 3 7 19,002 17.8 27.1 39.5 15.6
Western Europe 6 18 51,053 7.9 27.7 47.9 16.5
a

High, almost the whole day; medium, frequently during the day; low, seldom.