The external exposome covers many different environments such as the built, social, food/lifestyle and physico-chemical environments. Such environments can be mapped using geospatial tools to produce spatial and time-resolved maps of these factors.
The goal of this research project is to develop concentration surfaces for a variety of exposome stressors using high-resolution geospatial data sources.
Zhendong Yuan, Youchen Shen, Gerard Hoek, Roel Vermeulen, Jules Kerckhoffs
Science of The Total Environment, Volume 922 (2024)
Zhendong Yuan, Jules Kerckhoffs, Youchen Shen, Kees de Hoogh, Gerard Hoek, Roel Vermeulen
Environmental Research Volume 228, 1 July 2023, 115836
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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