Lai holds a Master's degree in Geomatics from Lund University, Sweden. He is a PhD candidate at the Department of human geography and spatial planning at Utrecht University. His research focuses on addressing the uncertain geographic context problems in measuring the general external exposome. In particular, he will develop new dynamic measurements of environmental exposures along human mobility paths.
Noreen Z. Siddiqui, Lai Wei, Joreintje D. Mackenbach, Marco Helbich, Joline W. J. Beulens
International Journal of Health Geographics volume 23, Article number: 3 (2024)
Lai Wei, Joreintje Machkenbach, Maartje Poelman, Roel Vermeulen, Marco Helibich
Health & Place
Lai Wei, Mei-Po Kwan, Roel Vermeulen, Marco Helbich
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
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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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