June 24 | 2019

Using maps to communicate environmental exposures and health risks: Review and best-practice recommendations. 
Stieb DM, Huang A, Hocking R, Crouse DL, Osornio-Vargas AR, Villeneuve PJ. 

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June 18 | 2019

Accelerometer and GPS Data to Analyze Built Environments and Physical Activity. 
Tamura K, Wilson JS, Goldfeld K, Puett RC, Klenosky DB, Harper WA, Troped PJ.

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June 10 | 2019

Associations of combined exposures to surrounding green, air pollution and traffic noise on mental health.
Klompmaker JO, Hoek G, Bloemsma LD, Wijga AH, van den Brink C, Brunekreef B, Lebret E, Gehring U, Janssen NAH.

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May 27 | 2019

Association between exposure to the natural environment, rurality, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children in New Zealand: a linkage study.
Geoffrey H Donovan, PhD, Yvonne L Michael, ScD, Demetrios Gatziolis, PhD, Andrea ‘t Mannetje, PhD, Prof Jeroen Douwes, PhD.

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May 21 | 2019

Complex relationships between greenness, air pollution, and mortality in a population-based Canadian cohort.
Crouse DL, Pinault L, Balram A, Brauer M, Burnett RT, Martin RV, van Donkelaar A, Villeneuve PJ, Weichenthal S.

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May 6 | 2019

Early-life exposome and lung function in children in Europe: an analysis of data from the longitudinal, population-based HELIX cohort.
Agier L, Basagaña X, Maitre L, Granum B, Bird PK, Casas M, Oftedal B, Wright J, Andrusaityte S, de Castro M, Cequier E, Chatzi L, Donaire-Gonzalez D, Grazuleviciene R, Haug LS, Sakhi AK, Leventakou V, McEachan R, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Petraviciene I, Robinson O, Roumeliotaki T, Sunyer J, Tamayo-Uria I, Thomsen C, Urquiza J, Valentin A, Slama R, Vrijheid M, Siroux V.

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April 29 | 2019

Global, national, and urban burdens of paediatric asthma incidence attributable to ambient NO2pollution: estimates from global datasets. Pattanun Achakulwisut PhD, Prof Michael Brauer ScD, Perry Hystad PhD, Susan C Anenberg PhD.

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April 22 | 2019

Estimated Long-term (1981-2016) Concentrations of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter across North America from Chemical Transport Modeling, Satellite Remote Sensing and Ground-based Measurements. Meng J, Li C, Martin RV, van Donkelaar A, Hystad P, Brauer M.

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April 15 | 2019

Environmental Exposures and Depression: Biological Mechanisms and Epidemiological Evidence.

van den Bosch M, Meyer-Lindenberg A.

Annu Rev Public Health. 2019 Apr 1;40:239-259. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040218-044106

Abstract

Mental health and well-being are consistently influenced-directly or indirectly-by multiple environmental exposures. In this review, we have attempted to address some of the most common exposures of the biophysical environment, with a goal of demonstrating how those factors interact with central structures and functions of the brain and thus influence the neurobiology of depression. We emphasize biochemical mechanisms, observational evidence, and areas for future research. Finally, we include aspects of contextual environments-city living, nature, natural disasters, and climate change-and call for improved integration of environmental issues in public health science, policies, and activities. This integration is necessary for reducing the global pandemic of depression.