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Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities: a health impact assessment.

open access: yesLancet Planetary Health, 2021
BACKGROUND Ambient air pollution is a major environmental cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cities are generally hotspots for air pollution and disease. However, the exact extent of the health effects of air pollution at the city level is still
S. Khomenko   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Review of the marine environmental impact assessment reports regarding offshore wind farm

open access: yesFisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2021
The energy production of offshore wind farms plays an important role in expanding renewable energy. However, the development of offshore wind farms faces many challenges due to its incompatibility with marine ...
Hyun-Taik Oh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deficiencies in the Risk Assessment of Genetically Engineered Bt Cowpea Approved for Cultivation in Nigeria: A Critical Review

open access: yesPlants, 2022
We analyze the application filed for the marketing and cultivation of genetically engineered Bt cowpea (event AAT 709A) approved in Nigeria in 2019. Cowpea (Vigna ungiguiculata) is extensively grown throughout sub-Saharan Africa and consumed by around ...
Christoph Then   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Air pollution in association with mental and self-rated health and the mediating effect of physical activity

open access: yesEnvironmental Health, 2022
Background Recent studies showed that air pollution might play a role in the etiology of mental disorders. In this study we evaluated the association between air pollution and mental and self-rated health and the possible mediating effect of physical ...
Pauline Hautekiet   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact assessment of citizen science: state of the art and guiding principles for a consolidated approach

open access: yesSustainability Science, 2021
Over the past decade, citizen science has experienced growth and popularity as a scientific practice and as a new form of stakeholder engagement and public participation in science or in the generation of new knowledge.
U. Wehn   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A healthy lifestyle is positively associated with mental health and well-being and core markers in ageing

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2022
Background Studies often evaluate mental health and well-being in association with individual health behaviours although evaluating multiple health behaviours that co-occur in real life may reveal important insights into the overall association.
Pauline Hautekiet   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing climate impacts [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2000
Assessing climate impacts involves identifying sources and characteristics of climate variability, and mitigating potential negative impacts of that variability. Associated research focuses on climate driving mechanisms, biosphere–hydrosphere responses and mediation, and human responses.
E E, Wohl, R S, Pulwarty, J Y, Zhang
openaire   +2 more sources

Improvement of the Environmental Permit and License Application Process in Turkey

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics, 2021
Improvement on the environmental permit application that has been put into force since 2014 by the By Law on Environmental Permit and License (BLEPL) in Turkey has been achieved through a project realized by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization ...
Asude HANEDAR   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT [PDF]

open access: yesOccupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005
A person’s health status is largely determined by factors outside the control of the healthcare sector. While some of these are fixed, such as inheritance, many are environmental in the broadest sense of the term. These operate through such socioeconomic sectors as employment, education, housing and transport, which structure the health risks and ...
M, Joffe, J, Mindell
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