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Residential Exposure to Urban Trees and Medication Sales for Mood Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease in Brussels, Belgium: An Ecological Study
because the assessment of exposure to trees is often imprecise because of, for instance, exclusion of trees in private areas and the lack of three-dimensional (3D) exposure indicators (e.g., crown volume). ...
Impact of Short-Term Exposure to Extreme Temperatures on Mortality: A Multi-City Study in Belgium
Risico- en gezondheidsimpactevaluatie Risk and health impact assessment Manuscript versions: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073763 File: Version: Published Full text access: Public Access Full ...
Exposure to green spaces may strengthen resilience and support mental health in the face of the covid-19 pandemic
support during the covid-19 pandemic. Outdoor recreation in green spaces has emerged during the present pandemic as an essential tool to combat distress. The mental health benefits of exposure to green ...
In utero exposure to parabens and early childhood BMI z-scores – Associations between placental ethyl paraben, longitudinal BMI trajectories and cord blood metabolic biomarkers
used as antimicrobial preservatives in personal care products. Few studies have dealt with adverse health outcomes, transplacental transfer, and obesogenic effects of prenatal exposure to parabens. We ...
Exposure to green space and pollen allergy symptom severity: A case-crossover study in Belgium
and assessed their spatio-temporal exposure to green space, allergenic trees, air pollutants and birch pollen. Participants reported daily symptom severity scores. We extracted 404 case days with high ...
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 ...
Environmental exposures and health behavior in association with mental health: a study design.
exposure and biological aging to explain the associations between environmental exposures, health behavior and mental health. Methods: The study population of this cross-sectional study ( = 1168) is ...
Residential green space and medication sales for childhood asthma: A longitudinal ecological study in Belgium
respiratory health in children is ambiguous. Objective: To investigate if residential exposure to different types of green space is associated with childhood asthma prevalence in Belgium. Methods: Asthma ...
Thyroid cancer incidence near nuclear sites in Belgium: An ecological study at small geographical level
sites. Focused hypothesis tests and generalized additive models were performed to test the hypothesis of a gradient in thyroid cancer incidence with increasing levels of surrogate exposures. No evidence ...