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Urban greenspace and the indoor environment: Pathways to health via indoor particulate matter, noise, and road noise annoyance.
Mueller, William; Steinle, Susanne; Pärkkä, Juha; Parmes, Eija; Liedes, Hilkka; Kuijpers, Eelco; Pronk, Anjoeka; Sarigiannis, Denis; Karakitsios, Spyros; Chapizanis, Dimitris; Maggos, Thomas; Stamatelopoulou, Asimina; Wilkinson, Paul; Milner, James; Vardoulakis, Sotiris; Loh, Miranda.
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  • Mueller W; Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, UK; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK. Electronic address: will.mueller@iom-world.org.
  • Steinle S; Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Pärkkä J; VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland.
  • Parmes E; VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland.
  • Liedes H; VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland.
  • Kuijpers E; TNO, Netherlands.
  • Pronk A; TNO, Netherlands.
  • Sarigiannis D; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Karakitsios S; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Chapizanis D; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Maggos T; National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos', Athens, Greece.
  • Stamatelopoulou A; National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos', Athens, Greece.
  • Wilkinson P; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.
  • Milner J; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.
  • Vardoulakis S; Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Loh M; Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, UK.
Environ Res ; 180: 108850, 2020 01.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31670081
BACKGROUND/AIM: The exposome includes urban greenspace, which may affect health via a complex set of pathways, including reducing exposure to particulate matter (PM) and noise. We assessed these pathways using indoor exposure monitoring data from the HEALS study in four European urban areas (Edinburgh, UK; Utrecht, Netherlands; Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece). METHODS: We quantified three metrics of residential greenspace at 50 m and 100 m buffers: Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), annual tree cover density, and surrounding green land use. NDVI values were generated for both summer and the season during which the monitoring took place. Indoor PM2.5 and noise levels were measured by Dylos and Netatmo sensors, respectively, and subjective noise annoyance was collected by questionnaire on an 11-point scale. We used random-effects generalised least squares regression models to assess associations between greenspace and indoor PM2.5 and noise, and an ordinal logistic regression to model the relationship between greenspace and road noise annoyance. RESULTS: We identified a significant inverse relationship between summer NDVI and indoor PM2.5 (-1.27 µg/m3 per 0.1 unit increase [95% CI -2.38 to -0.15]) using a 100 m residential buffer. Reduced (i.e., <1.0) odds ratios (OR) of road noise annoyance were associated with increasing summer (OR = 0.55 [0.31 to 0.98]) and season-specific (OR = 0.55 [0.32 to 0.94]) NDVI levels, and tree cover density (OR = 0.54 [0.31 to 0.93] per 10 percentage point increase), also at a 100 m buffer. In contrast to these findings, we did not identify any significant associations between greenspace and indoor noise in fully adjusted models. CONCLUSIONS: We identified reduced indoor levels of PM2.5 and noise annoyance, but not overall noise, with increasing outdoor levels of certain greenspace indicators. To corroborate our findings, future research should examine the effect of enhanced temporal resolution of greenspace metrics during different seasons, characterise the configuration and composition of green areas, and explore mechanisms through mediation modelling.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Contaminación del Aire Interior / Exposición a Riesgos Ambientales / Material Particulado / Ruido Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Environ Res Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Contaminación del Aire Interior / Exposición a Riesgos Ambientales / Material Particulado / Ruido Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Environ Res Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Países Bajos