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Environmental health inequalities under the skin University of Antwerp
Environmental justice research suggests that inequalities in the distribution of environmental risks systematically disadvantage the lower social strata of society. The effects of these inequalities on the internal exposure to chemical pollution within the body remain however to a large extend unknown. Human biomonitoring (HBM) is an innovative method to measure the body burden concentrations of chemicals in blood and urine samples. Flanders is ...
Threatened by the sea, condemned by man? Flood risk and environmental inequalities along the North Sea Coast (1200-1800 AD) University of Antwerp
Environmental health impacts and inequalities in green space and air pollution in six medium-sized European cities University of Antwerp
Background: The GoGreenRoutes project aims to introduce co-created nature-based solutions (NBS) to enhance environmental quality in six medium-sized cities (Burgas, Lahti, Limerick, Tallinn, Umeå, and Versailles). We estimated the mortality and economic impacts attributed to suboptimal exposure to green space and air pollution, economic impacts, and the distribution thereof the adult population by socioeconomic status. Methods: We retrieved data ...
Community-based approaches to reducing health inequities and fostering environmental justice through global youth-engaged citizen science Ghent University
Gender obesity inequities are huge but differ greatly according to environment and socio-economics in a north African setting: a national cross-sectional study in Tunisia Institute of Tropical Medicine
INTRODUCTION: Southern Mediterranean countries have experienced a marked increase in the prevalence of obesity whose consequences for gender related health inequities have been little studied. We assessed gender obesity inequalities and their environmental and socio-economic modifiers among Tunisian adults. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey in 2005; national, 3 level random cluster sample of 35-70 years Tunisians (women: n = 2964, men: n = 2379). ...
Gender obesity inequities are huge but differ greatly according to environment and socio-economics in a North African setting: a national cross-sectional study in Tunisia Ghent University
Introduction: Southern Mediterranean countries have experienced a marked increase in the prevalence of obesity whose consequences for gender related health inequities have been little studied. We assessed gender obesity inequalities and their environmental and socio-economic modifiers among Tunisian adults. Methods: Cross-sectional survey in 2005; national, 3 level random cluster sample of 35-70 years Tunisians (women: n = 2964, men: n = 2379). ...