A5065681627- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Noise Effects and Management
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Risk Perception and Management
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Disaster Response and Management
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Dutch Social and Cultural Studies
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
2014-2023
Utrecht University
2014-2023
Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport
2021
Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
2021
Lung Foundation Netherlands
2021
Crabbe Consulting
2016
Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
2009
National Center of Hygiene Medical Ecology and Nutrition
2000
National Consumer Research Centre
1998
GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond
1996
As part of the EU-funded SAVIAH project, a regression-based methodology for mapping traffic-related air pollution was developed within GIS environment. Mapping carried out NO2 in Amsterdam, Huddersfield and Prague. In each centre, surveys NO2, as marker pollution, were conducted using passive diffusion tubes, exposed four 2-week periods. A also established, containing data on monitored levels, road network, traffic volume, land cover, altitude other, locally determined, features. Data from...
Ambient particulate matter (PM) exposure is associated with respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity mortality. To what extent such effects are different for PM obtained from sources or locations still unclear. This study investigated the in vitro toxicity of ambient collected at sites Netherlands relation to composition oxidative potential.PM was sampled eight sites: three traffic sites, an underground train station, as well a harbor, farm, steelworks, urban background location. Coarse...
Specific characteristics of particulate matter (PM) responsible for associations with respiratory health observed in epidemiological studies are not well established. High correlations among, and differential measurement errors of, individual components contribute to this uncertainty.We investigated which PM have the most consistent acute changes function healthy volunteers.We used a semiexperimental design accurately assess exposure. We increased exposure contrast reduced among by exposing...
Environmental health impact assessments often have to deal with substantial uncertainties. Typically, the knowledge-base is limited incomplete, or inconsistent evidence and missing ambiguous data. Consulting experts can help identify address Formal expert elicitation a structured approach systematically consult on uncertain issues. It most used quantify ranges for poorly known parameters, but may also be useful further develop qualitative issues such as definitions, assumptions conceptual...
Evidence is emerging that poor mental health associated with the environmental exposures of surrounding green, air pollution and traffic noise. Most studies have evaluated only associations single health.To evaluate combined exposure to noise health.In this cross-sectional study, we linked data from a Dutch national survey among 387,195 adults including questions about psychological distress, based on Kessler 10 scale, an external database registered prescriptions anxiolytics, hypnotics &...
In epidemiological studies, exposure to green space is inconsistently associated with being overweight and physical activity, possibly because studies differ widely in their definition of exposure, inclusion important confounders, study population data analysis.We evaluated whether the association activity depended upon greenspace.We conducted a cross-sectional using from Dutch national health survey 387,195 adults. Distance nearest park entrance surrounding space, based on Normalized...
OBJECTIVES: To investigate if the population living along streets with high traffic density has a higher prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms. METHODS: A sample 673 adults and 106 children (0-15 years), busy in city Haarlem was compared control 812 185 quiet streets. Exposed were selected on basis model calculations NO2 concentrations. postal questionnaire containing questions about symptoms several potential confounders used to collect information from study subjects. RESULTS: After...
Aims: To assess the prevalence of general health status, use sleep medication, and medication for cardiovascular diseases, to study their relation aircraft noise exposure. Methods: These indicators were measured by a cross-sectional survey among 11 812 respondents living within radius 25 km around Schiphol airport (Amsterdam). Results: Adjusted odds ratios ranged from 1.02 2.34 per 10 dB(A) increase in L den . The associations statistically significant all indicators, except prescribed or...
Human population data on air pollution and its effects the immune system are scarce. A survey was conducted within framework of Central European Study Air Quality Respiratory Health (CESAR) to measure a panel biomarkers in children Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia. Seventeen cities were chosen represent wide range exposure outdoor pollution. In each, ambient particulate matter less than 10 microns diameter 2.5 (PM10 PM2.5) measured with Harvard impactor. Blood...
Exposure to fine ambient particulate matter (PM) has consistently been associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The relationship between exposure ultrafine particles (UFP) health effects is less firmly established. If UFP cause independently from coarser fractions, this could affect impact assessment of air pollution, which would possibly lead alternative policy options be considered reduce the disease burden PM. Therefore, we organized an expert elicitation workshop assess...
Background: Surrounding green, air pollution, and noise have been associated with cardiometabolic diseases, but most studies assessed only one of these correlated exposures. Objectives: We aimed to evaluate associations combined exposures road traffic diseases. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we studied between self-reported physician-diagnosed diabetes, hypertension, heart attack, stroke from a Dutch national health survey 387,195 adults residential surrounding annual average...
Most previous studies that investigated associations of surrounding green, air pollution or traffic noise with mortality focused on single exposures. The aim this study was to evaluate combined long-term residential exposure and total non-accidental cause-specific mortality. We linked a national health survey (Public Health Monitor, PHM) conducted in 2012 the Dutch longitudinal database. Subjects who were 30 years older 1 January 2013 (n = 339,633) followed from till 31 December 2017. used...
Green space has been hypothesized to improve cardiometabolic health of adolescents, whereas air pollution and traffic noise may negatively impact health.To examine the associations green space, with in adolescents aged 12 16 years.Waist circumference, blood pressure, cholesterol glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) were measured subsets participants Dutch PIAMA birth cohort, who participated medical examinations at ages (n = 1505) and/or years 797). We calculated a combined risk score for each...
Abstract Background Everyday people are exposed to multiple environmental factors, such as surrounding green, air pollution and traffic noise. These exposures generally spatially correlated. Hence, when estimating associations of or noise with health outcomes, the other should be taken into account. The aim this study was evaluate long-term residential exposure mortality. Methods We followed approximately 10.5 million adults (aged ≥ 30 years) living in Netherlands from 1 January 2013 until...
Green space, air pollution and traffic noise exposure may be associated with mental health in adolescents. We assessed the associations of long-term to residential green ambient wellbeing from age 11 20 years. included 3059 participants Dutch PIAMA birth cohort who completed five-item Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5) at ages 11, 14, 17 and/or estimated space (the average Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) percentages circular buffers 300 m, 1000 m 3000 m), (particulate matter (PM10...