Twin research and environmental geocoding to unravel nature vs nurture Universiteit Hasselt
This research was conducted to investigate the effect of the early-life environment of twins, i.e. residential exposure to air pollution, traffic and greenness, on outcomes at birth and at adulthood. We investigated the exposure at the maternal residential address during pregnancy and its effect on birth weight and biomarkers of ageing in placental tissue, i.e. mitochondrial DNA content and telomere length. Next, we intend to unravel the ...