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End-user perspective of low-cost sensors for outdoor air pollution monitoring Hasselt University
Low-cost sensor technology can potentially revolutionise the area of air pollution monitoring by providing high-density spatiotemporal pollution data. Such data can be utilised for supplementing traditional pollution monitoring, improving exposure estimates, and raising community awareness about air pollution. However, data quality remains a major concern that hinders the widespread adoption of low-cost sensor technology. Unreliable data may ...
Preconceptional, pregnant, and postnatal exposure to outdoor air pollution and indoor environmental factors: Effects on childhood parasitic infections KU Leuven
Background Parasitic infections (PIs) are common and pose substantial health hazards in children globally, but the fundamental environmental variables exposure during crucial time window(s) are unclear. Objectives To identify key indoor and outdoor environmental factors leading to childhood PIs throughout critical time window(s). Methods A combined cross-sectional and retrospective cohort study was performed on 8689 children residing in ...
Direct cost saving potential in medication costs due to a reduction in outdoor air pollution for the Brussels Capital Region. Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Introduction: The adverse health effects of exposure to air pollution have been well-established and include mortality, hospital admissions, emergency department visits, etc, but also less severe outcomes such as medication use and purchase. The economic impact, an additional motivator for policy, has been studied primarily for the more severe outcomes.
Methods: Purchase data of reimbursed medications typically prescribed for asthma and ...
Methods: Purchase data of reimbursed medications typically prescribed for asthma and ...
Indoor and outdoor air quality assessment in daycare centres in Ghent (Belgium) in view of outdoor sleeping in an urban environment Ghent University
Within Flanders, there is an increasing trend to let children sleep outdoors while in daycare. However, within an urban environment, the densely spread emission sources might affect the air quality and possibly limit the areas where outdoor sleeping is favourable. Nevertheless, there is a lack of data regarding the atmospheric pollution levels in and around daycare centres (DCC). Therefore, the focus of this study is to chemically characterize ...
Simulation case-study on outdoor air quality demand controlled ventilation Ghent University
Ventilation systems assume that the outdoor air quality is better than the indoor air quality at al times as they use outdoor air to dilute pollutants emitted by humans, activities, the building itself and other objects. However, the outdoor air quality is not always as clean as assumed. Traffic, industry and agriculture can pollute the outdoor air making the outdoor air also a source of certain unhealthy pollutants indoors. This challenges the ...
Ambient air pollution and health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current evidence, perspectives and a call to action Hasselt University KU Leuven
Background: People from low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected by the global burden of adverse health effects caused by ambient air pollution (AAP). However, data from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are still scarce. We systematically reviewed the literature to describe the existing knowledge on AAP and health outcomes in SSA. Methods: We searched PubMed, Medline-OVID, EMBASE and Scopus databases to identify studies of AAP ...
Recent versus chronic exposure to particulate matter air pollution in association with neurobehavioral performance in a panel study of primary schoolchildren. Hasselt University KU Leuven
Children's neuropsychological abilities are in a developmental stage. Recent air pollution exposure and neurobehavioralperformance are scarcely studied. In a panel study, we repeatedly administered to each child the followingneurobehavioral tests: Stroop Test (selective attention) and Continuous Performance Test (sustainedattention), Digit Span Forward and Backward Tests (short-term memory), and Digit-Symbol and Pattern ComparisonTests (visual ...
Outdoor Endurance Training with Air Pollutant Exposure Versus Sedentary Lifestyle: A Comparison of Airway Immune Responses KU Leuven
Although regular exercise-training improves immune/inflammatory status, the influence of air pollutants exposure during outdoor endurance training compared to a sedentary lifestyle has not yet been clarified. This study aimed to compare the immune/inflammatory responses in the airways of street runners and sedentary people after acute and chronic particulate matter (PM) exposure. Forty volunteers (street runners (RUN, n = 20); sedentary people ...
Long term exposure to low level air pollution and mortality in eight European cohorts within the ELAPSE project Vrije Universiteit Brussel
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the associations between air pollution and mortality, focusing on associations below current European Union, United States, and World Health Organization standards and guidelines.
DESIGN: Pooled analysis of eight cohorts.
SETTING: Multicentre project Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution: A Study in Europe (ELAPSE) in six European countries.
PARTICIPANTS: 325 367 adults from the general ...