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Socioeconomic inequalities and ambient air pollution exposure in school-aged children living in an affluent society: an analysis on individual and aggregated data in Belgium

Mustansar, T., Timmermans, E.J., Silva, A.I., Bijnens, E.M, Lefebre, W., Saenen, N., Vanpoucke, C., Nawrot, T.S., & Vaartjes, I.
Health & Place (2025)

Air pollution exposure and incidence of cardiometabolic diseases: exploring the modifying role of dietary antioxidant intake in adults

Mishra, S., Vaartjes, I., Van der Schouw, Y.T., Bijnens, E.M., Boer, J.M.A, Downward, G.S., Vermeulen, R.C.H., Verschuren, W.M.M., Nawrot, T.S., & Timmermans, E.J.
Health & Place (2025)

Decoding the exposome

Decoding the exposome

The environment we live in has a dominant impact on our health. It explains an estimated seventy percent of the chronic disease burden. Where we live, what we eat, how much we exercise, the air we breathe and whom we associate with; all of these environmental factors play a role. The combination of these factors over the life course is called the exposome. There is general (scientific) consensus that understanding more about the exposome will help explain the current burden of disease and that it provides entry points for prevention and ...

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