Integrating time activity in environmental exposure assessment: implications for epidemiological studies

Abstract

The built environment is associated with various environmental exposures such as air pollution, noise, and fast-food. Most exposures have been studied because of the negative effects on health. To understand how environmental exposures influence human health and how exposures are distributed over populations is complex. That is because individuals are exposed to multiple environmental factors in various environments while undertaking everyday activities (e.g., to air pollution/noise). Also, certain exposures are subject to personal choices (e.g., fast-food exposures). In this thesis we use environmental data at fine resolution and we integrate time-activity information in exposure assessment methodologies to study the relations between environmental factors and health, and to investigate the distribution of exposures among groups with different socio-economic status (SES). We test the exposure methodologies by applying them in existing cohorts and examine the associations between envir ...
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Abstract

De bebouwde omgeving wordt vaak in verband gebracht met verschillende milieublootstellingen, zoals luchtverontreiniging, lawaai en fast-food. De meeste blootstellingen zijn onderzocht vanwege de negatieve effecten op de gezondheid. Het is een complex systeem om te begrijpen hoe milieublootstellingen de menselijke gezondheid beïnvloeden en hoe de blootstellingen over populaties zijn verdeeld. Dat komt doordat individuen bij hun dagelijkse activiteiten aan meerdere milieufactoren in verschillende omgevingen orden blootgesteld (b.v. aan luchtverontreiniging/geluidshinder). Ook zijn bepaalde blootstellingen onderhevig aan persoonlijke keuzes (b.v. blootstelling aan fast-food). In dit proefschrift gebruiken we milieugegevens met fijne ruimtelijke resolutie en integreren we informatie over tijdsactiviteit in blootstellingsbeoordelingsmethodologieën om de relaties tussen milieufactoren en gezondheid te bestuderen, en om de verdeling van blootstellingen over groepen met verschillende socia ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/60572
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/60572
ND
60572
Alternative title
Ενσωμάτωση της καθημερινής δραστηριότητας στην εκτίμηση της περιβαλλοντικής έκθεσης: εφαρμογές σε επιδημιολογικές μελέτες
Author
Ntarladima, Anna Maria (Father's name: Andreas)
Date
02/2022
Degree Grantor
Universiteit Utrecht
Committee members
Grobbee Diederick
Karssenberg Derek
Vaartjes Ilonca
Hoek Gerard
Vermeuler Roel
Dijst Martin
Bots Michiel
van-der-Ent Cornelis
Beulens Joline
Discipline
Engineering and TechnologyEnvironmental Engineering ➨ Remote Sensing
Engineering and TechnologyEnvironmental Engineering ➨ Environmental Engineering
Social SciencesSocial and Economic Geography ➨ Regional and urban planning
Social SciencesSocial and Economic Geography ➨ Environmental Studies
Keywords
Epidemiologic analysis; Epidemiology; Environmental assessment; Environmental epidemiology; Air pollution; Pulmonary disease; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes mellitus type II; Geographic information systems (G.I.S.); Urban environment; Environmental exposure; Environmental inequalities; Built environment; Atmospheric pollutants; Public health
Epidemiology; Gezondheid; Bebouwde omgeving; Milieu
Country
Netherlands
Language
English
Description
im., tbls., maps, fig., ch.
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