Epidemiologisch onderzoek naar een beter begrip van de relatie tussen luchtverontreiniging en gezondheid.

• Main Author: Scheers, Hans
• Other Authors: Nemery, Benoit; U0014190;, Nawrot, Tim; U0034994;
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: Dutch
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: air pollution; epidemiology; public health; cardiovascular disease; Tussen; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/558137; https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/558137/1//PhD_thesis_HS_1128_print_version.pdf

Background In the past few decades, exposure to air pollution has been found to be associated with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity, both in the short term (acute exposure) and the long term (chronic exposure). According to the most recent report by the World Health Orga...