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Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems

monitored predominantly urban populations. In high-income countries (HIC s), composite sampling at centralised treatment plants was most common, whereas grab sampling from surface waters, open drains, and pit ...

The Changing Landscape of Food Deserts and Swamps over More than a Decade in Flanders, Belgium.

Britain. This research is one of the first studies to map food deserts and swamps in a mainland European, densely populated but heavily fragmented region such as Flanders. The evolution of food deserts and ...

Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to the direct health impact of COVID-19 in India, 2020

to a large population (> 1.38 billion) across a wide range of population densities. Assessment of the COVID-19 disease burden is required to put the disease impact into context and support future ...

Urban environment and mental health: the NAMED project, protocol for a mixed-method study

residential environment. Methods and analysis Following a mixed-method approach, this project combines quantitative and qualitative research. In the quantitative part, we analyse among the Brussels urban population ...

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 ...

Association between local airborne tree pollen composition and surrounding land cover across different spatial scales in Northern Belgium

land, agricultural lands and wetlands) surrounding urban areas may increase exposure to allergenic pollen in the urban area, potentially affecting the health of a large proportion of the population ...

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

population-based Abstract: Background Epidemiological studies suggest that residing close to green space reduce mortality rates. We investigated the relationship between long-term exposure to residential green space ...

The protective effect of rural life on mite sensitization disappears among urban migrants in the South of Vietnam.

prevalence of mite sensitization and its relation to house dust characteristics among rural and urban native and migrating populations with CRD. METHODS: Rural (n = 19) and urban (n = 46) dwellings were ...

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