Zoekresultaten - 40 results
Association between urban environment and mental health in Brussels, Belgium
Abstract: Background: Mental health disorders appear as a growing problem in urban areas. While common mental health disorders are generally linked to demographic and socioeconomic factors, little is known ...
Exposure to green space and pollen allergy symptom severity: A case-crossover study in Belgium
μg/m3) [1.255 (1.007-1.565)] on the day of the severe allergy event and with the cumulative exposure of one and two days before. Exposure to grass cover (10% area fraction) [0.655 (0.446-0.960)], forest ...
Association between local airborne tree pollen composition and surrounding land cover across different spatial scales in Northern Belgium
Nieuwenhuyse; Jean-Marie Aerts; Jos Van Orshoven; Ben Somers Source: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Volume 61 (2021) Keywords: Aerobiology Allergy NMDS Passive sampling Urban green areas Abstract: Airborne ...
Residing in urban areas with higher green space is associated with lower mortality risk: A census-based cohort study with ten years of follow-up
residing in the five largest urban areas in Belgium (n = 2,185,170 and mean follow-up time 9.4 years). Residential addresses were available at baseline. Exposure to green space was defined as 1) surrounding ...
Ecotoxicity profile of heavily contaminated surface water of two rivers in Tunisia
areas. Combining chemical and biological approaches, allowed the detection of water ecotoxicity in testing organisms and the identification of possible contributors to the toxicity observed in these ...
Heat related mortality in the two largest Belgian urban areas: A time series analysis
different urban areas. Objectives The objective of this study is to assess the heat-mortality relationship in the two largest urban areas in Belgium, i.e. Antwerp and Brussels for the warm seasons from 2002 ...
An evaluation of species distribution models to estimate tree diversity at genus level in a heterogeneous urban-rural landscape
heterogeneous region of Flanders, Belgium. We stratified our research area into dominantly rural and dominantly urban areas and developed distribution models for 13 tree genera for both strata as well as for the ...
An evaluation of species distribution models to estimate tree diversity at genus level in a heterogeneous urban-rural landscape
identify the drivers and suitable methods for urban and rural tree diversity models in the heterogeneous region of Flanders, Belgium. We stratified our research area into dominantly rural and dominantly ...
Thyroid cancer incidence near nuclear sites in Belgium: An ecological study at small geographical level
living in the vicinity of the four nuclear sites at the smallest Belgian geographical level. Rate ratios were obtained from a Bayesian hierarchical model for areas of varying sizes around the nuclear ...
Definition of Areas of Interest in the Study of Long-Term 50 Hz Exposure of Brussels Inhabitants
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: M. Ledent; Raf Aerts; V Beauvois; M Spirlet; C Geuzaine; I Magne; C Bouland Source: Annual Joint Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) and the European BioElectromagnetic ...