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View article: Road traffic noise exposure and blood DNA methylation at birth and in childhood: An epigenome-wide meta-analysis
Road traffic noise exposure and blood DNA methylation at birth and in childhood: An epigenome-wide meta-analysis Open
View article: Correlates of pregnant women’s active and passive mobility: A smartphone-based tracking study in Barcelona, Spain
Correlates of pregnant women’s active and passive mobility: A smartphone-based tracking study in Barcelona, Spain Open
View article: Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers
Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers Open
View article: Urban environment in early-life and brain morphology in preadolescents
Urban environment in early-life and brain morphology in preadolescents Open
Rapid urbanization leads to increased exposure to air pollution, limited greenness, and denser built environments. However, evidence on how these urban factors influence brain development remains limited. We investigated associations betwe…
View article: The effect of place-based nature interventions on human health: A systematic review
The effect of place-based nature interventions on human health: A systematic review Open
While the number of studies and the quality of evidence remains low, there is some support for the value of place-based greenspace interventions for public health. Researchers should coordinate with community stakeholders before starting g…
View article: Expert perspectives on exposure-response functions for urban health policy: Lessons from a UBDPolicy workshop
Expert perspectives on exposure-response functions for urban health policy: Lessons from a UBDPolicy workshop Open
Policy-makers require robust, quantitative evidence in order to better align urban and transport planning practices with public health goals. Epidemiologically derived exposure-response functions can quantify the association between urban …
View article: Positioning subjective well-being in environmental health impact assessments
Positioning subjective well-being in environmental health impact assessments Open
Introduction Environmental health Impact Assessments (HIAs) are essential tools to inform policy decisions about the health effects of changes in environmental exposures. Conventional health impact metrics, focusing on morbidity, disabilit…
View article: A Walk across Europe: Development of a high-resolution walkability index
A Walk across Europe: Development of a high-resolution walkability index Open
Physical inactivity significantly contributes to obesity and other non-communicable diseases, yet efforts to increase population-wide physical activity levels have met with limited success. The built environment plays a pivotal role in enc…
View article: Windows of susceptibility of prenatal and childhood exposure to air pollution and lung function at 6–8 years in the Spanish INMA (INfancia y Medio Ambiente) birth cohort
Windows of susceptibility of prenatal and childhood exposure to air pollution and lung function at 6–8 years in the Spanish INMA (INfancia y Medio Ambiente) birth cohort Open
View article: A comprehensive review/expert statement on environmental risk factors of cardiovascular disease
A comprehensive review/expert statement on environmental risk factors of cardiovascular disease Open
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality globally, with over 20 million deaths each year. While traditional risk factors—such as hypertension, diabetes, smoking, and poor diet—are well-established, emerging evidence u…
View article: Early-life exposome and health-related immune signatures in childhood
Early-life exposome and health-related immune signatures in childhood Open
View article: Guidelines for Modeling and Reporting Health Effects of Climate Change Mitigation Actions
Guidelines for Modeling and Reporting Health Effects of Climate Change Mitigation Actions Open
BACKGROUND: Modeling suggests that climate change mitigation actions can have substantial human health benefits that accrue quickly and locally. Documenting the benefits can help drive more ambitious and health-protective climate change mi…
View article: Meet-in-the-middle meets multi-omics identifying molecular signatures of environmental drivers of childhood overweight
Meet-in-the-middle meets multi-omics identifying molecular signatures of environmental drivers of childhood overweight Open
View article: A Europe-wide characterization of the external exposome: A spatio-temporal analysis
A Europe-wide characterization of the external exposome: A spatio-temporal analysis Open
View article: Nature contact and health risk Behaviours: Results from an 18 country study
Nature contact and health risk Behaviours: Results from an 18 country study Open
Emerging evidence suggests that residential greenspace is associated with a lower prevalence of health risk behaviours, but it remains unclear whether these effects are generalizable across countries or different types of nature contact. U…
View article: Ambient air pollution and childhood obesity from infancy to late childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 10 European birth cohorts
Ambient air pollution and childhood obesity from infancy to late childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 10 European birth cohorts Open
View article: Promoting health through climate change mitigation in Europe
Promoting health through climate change mitigation in Europe Open
Several EU climate change mitigation policies have the potential to deliver health co-benefits. However, existing frameworks guiding research in this area lack important details that are needed to understand how evidence of health co-benef…
View article: Residential greenspace and lung function throughout childhood and adolescence in five European birth cohorts. A CADSET initiative
Residential greenspace and lung function throughout childhood and adolescence in five European birth cohorts. A CADSET initiative Open
View article: Early-life Exposome and Health-related Immune Signatures in Childhood
Early-life Exposome and Health-related Immune Signatures in Childhood Open
Background Early-life environmental exposures are suspected to modify important immune processes related to child health. Yet, no study has investigated immunotoxicity in relation to the exposome and multiple health domains simultaneously.…
View article: Inequalities in urban greenness and epigenetic aging: Different associations by race and neighborhood socioeconomic status
Inequalities in urban greenness and epigenetic aging: Different associations by race and neighborhood socioeconomic status Open
Slower epigenetic aging is associated with exposure to green space (greenness); however, the longitudinal relationship has not been well studied, particularly in minority groups. We investigated the association between 20-year exposure to …
View article: The epidemiologic case for urban health: conceptualizing and measuring the magnitude of challenges and potential benefits
The epidemiologic case for urban health: conceptualizing and measuring the magnitude of challenges and potential benefits Open
We discuss how epidemiology has been and can continue to be used to advance understanding of the links between urban areas and health informed by an existing urban-health conceptual framework. This framework considers urban areas as contex…
View article: Billions of people exposed to increasing heat but decreasing greenness from 2000 to 2022
Billions of people exposed to increasing heat but decreasing greenness from 2000 to 2022 Open
View article: Transitioning from climate ambitions to climate actions through public health policy initiatives
Transitioning from climate ambitions to climate actions through public health policy initiatives Open
Policies to implement climate-forcing pollution emission reductions have often been stymied by economic and political divisiveness. However, certain uncontested nonregret public health policies that also carry climate-forcing cobenefits wi…
View article: The links between soil and water pollution and cardiovascular disease
The links between soil and water pollution and cardiovascular disease Open
Soil and water pollution represent significant threats to global health, ecosystems, and biodiversity. Healthy soils underpin terrestrial ecosystems, supporting food production, biodiversity, water retention, and carbon sequestration. Howe…
View article: The psychological benefits of open-water (wild) swimming: Exploring a self-determination approach using a 19-country sample
The psychological benefits of open-water (wild) swimming: Exploring a self-determination approach using a 19-country sample Open
View article: Environmental and health effects of the Barcelona superblocks
Environmental and health effects of the Barcelona superblocks Open
View article: Residential greenness and children working memory. An EU Child Cohort Network consortium study
Residential greenness and children working memory. An EU Child Cohort Network consortium study Open
View article: Co-benefits of nature-based solutions: A health impact assessment of the Barcelona Green Corridor (Eixos Verds) plan
Co-benefits of nature-based solutions: A health impact assessment of the Barcelona Green Corridor (Eixos Verds) plan Open
The Green Corridors plan can make significant contributions to a healthier urban environment. To address climate and especially heat impacts, complementary strategies to achieve more substantial temperature reduction are needed. Overall, o…
View article: Exposure-response relationships between road traffic, railway, and aircraft noise and annoyance in Bulgarian cities
Exposure-response relationships between road traffic, railway, and aircraft noise and annoyance in Bulgarian cities Open
This study aimed to develop exposure-response relationships (ERRs) between road, rail, and air traffic noise and high noise annoyance (HNA) and to assess the HNA disease burden. In 2023, 4640 adults were cross-sectionally sampled from the …
View article: Multi-omics architecture of childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction uncovers biological pathways and prenatal determinants
Multi-omics architecture of childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction uncovers biological pathways and prenatal determinants Open