Browsing by Author "Cirach, Marta"

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  • Green spaces and general health: roles of mental health status, social support, and physical activity
    Dadvand, Payam; Bartoll, Xavier; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Dalmau Bueno, Albert; Martínez Muriano, David; Ambros, Albert; Cirach, Marta; Triguero Mas, Margarita, 1985-; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Borrell i Thió, Carme; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2016)
    Green spaces are associated with improved health, but little is known about mechanisms underlying such association. We aimed to assess the association between greenness exposure and subjective general health (SGH) and to ...
  • Green spaces, excess weight and obesity in Spain
    O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Espinosa, Aina; Valentin, Antonia; Tonne, Cathryn; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Cirach, Marta; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Kogevinas, Manolis (Elsevier, 2020)
    Background: The epidemiological evidence on green spaces and obesity is inconsistent. Objectives: To study the association of access to green spaces and surrounding greenness with obesity in Spain. Methods: We enrolled ...
  • Health impacts of the new WHO air quality guidelines in European cities
    Khomenko, Sasha; Cirach, Marta; Pereira-Barboza, Evelise; Mueller, Natalie, 1988-; Barrera Gómez, Jose; Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-; de Hoogh, Kees; Hoek, Gerard; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2021)
  • Health impacts related to urban and transport planning: a burden of disease assessment
    Mueller, Natalie, 1988-; Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Cirach, Marta; Cole-Hunter, Tom; Dadvand, Payam; Donaire González, David; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Martínez Muriano, David; Tonne, Cathryn; Triguero Mas, Margarita, 1985-; Valentín, Antònia; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2017)
    INTRODUCTION: Until now, estimates of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) have mainly been produced on national or regional levels. These general estimates, however, are less useful for city governments who have to take ...
  • Impact of commuting exposure to traffic-related air pollution on cognitive development in children walking to school
    Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Rivas, Ioar; López Vicente, Mònica, 1988-; Suades González, Elisabet; Donaire González, David; Cirach, Marta; de Castro, Montserrat; Esnaola, Mikel; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Dadvand, Payam; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Elsevier, 2017)
    A few studies have found associations between the exposure to traffic-related air pollution at school and/or home and cognitive development. The impact on cognitive development of the exposure to air pollutants during ...
  • Impact of residential greenness on myocardial infarction in the population with diabetes: A sex-dependent association?
    Ponjoan, Anna; Blanch, Jordi; Alves-Cabratosa, Lia; Martí-Lluch, Ruth; Comas Cufí, Marc; Cirach, Marta; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Garcia Gil, Maria; Ramos, Rafel (Elsevier, 2022)
    Living in urban areas with abundant greenness might provide health benefits in general population. Literature suggests that sex/gender plays a role in the association between greenness and health outcomes. But the impact ...
  • Impact of road traffic noise on annoyance and preventable mortality in European cities: A health impact assessment
    Khomenko, Sasha; Cirach, Marta; Barrera Gómez, Jose; Pereira-Barboza, Evelise; Iungman, Tamara; Melluer, Natalie, 1988-; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; Tonne, Cathryn; Thondoo, Meelan; Jephcote, Calvin; Gulliver, John; Woodcock, James; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2022)
    Background: Road traffic is the main source of environmental noise in European cities and one of the main environmental risks to health and wellbeing. In this study we aimed to provide an in-depth assessment of available ...
  • Impact of urban environmental exposures on cognitive performance and brain structure of healthy individuals at risk for Alzheimer's dementia
    Crous-Bou, Marta; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Gispert López, Juan Domingo; Cirach, Marta; Sánchez Benavides, Gonzalo; Falcón, Carles; Arenaza Urquijo, Eider M.; Gotsens, Xavier; Fauria, Karine; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Molinuevo, José Luis; ALFA Study (Elsevier, 2020)
    Background: Air quality might contribute to incidence of dementia-related disorders, including Alzheimer’s dementia (AD). The aim of our study is to evaluate the effect of urban environmental exposures (including exposure ...
  • Impacts of changes in environmental exposures and health behaviours due to the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular and mental health: A comparison of Barcelona, Vienna, and Stockholm
    Koch, Sarah; Khomenko, Sasha; Cirach, Marta; Ubalde López, Mònica, 1972-; Baclet, Sacha; Daher, Carolyn; Hidalgo, Laura; Lõhmus, Mare; Rizzuto, Debora; Rumpler, Romain; Susilo, Yusak; Venkataraman, Siddharth; Wegener, Sandra; Wellenius, Gregory A.; Woodcock, James; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2022)
    Responses to COVID-19 altered environmental exposures and health behaviours associated with non-communicable diseases. We aimed to (1) quantify changes in nitrogen dioxide (NO2), noise, physical activity, and greenspace ...
  • Living close to natural outdoor environments in four european cities: adults' contact with the environments and physical activity
    Triguero Mas, Margarita, 1985-; Donaire González, David; Seto, Edmund; Valentín, Antònia; Smith, Graham; Martínez Muriano, David; Carrasco Turigas, Glòria; Masterson, Daniel; Berg, Magdalena van den; Ambros, Albert; Martínez-Íñiguez, Tania; Dedele, Audrius; Hurst, Gemma; Ellis, Naomi; Grazulevicius, Tomas; Voorsmit, Martin; Cirach, Marta; Cirac-Claveras, Judith; Swart, Wim; Clasquin, Eddy; Maas, Jolanda; Wendel-Vos, Wanda; Jerrett, Michael; Gražulevičienė, Regina; Kruize, Hanneke; Gidlow, Christopher J.; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (MDPI, 2017)
    This study investigated whether residential availability of natural outdoor environments (NOE) was associated with contact with NOE, overall physical activity and physical activity in NOE, in four different European cities ...
  • Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 vaccine antibody response in a general population cohort (COVICAT Study, Catalonia)
    Kogevinas, Manolis; Karachaliou, Marianna; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Aguilar, Ruth; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; García Aymerich, Judith; Rubio, Rocío; Jiménez, Alfons; Vidal, Marta; Izquierdo, Luis; Cirach, Marta; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Dadvand, Payam; Straif, Kurt; Moncunill, Gemma; Dobaño, Carlota; Tonne, Cathryn (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2023)
    Background: Ambient air pollution has been associated with COVID-19 disease severity and antibody response induced by infection. Objectives: We examined the association between long-term exposure to air pollution and ...
  • Long-term exposure to residential green and blue spaces and anxiety and depression in adults: A cross-sectional study
    Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Sánchez Benavides, Gonzalo; Dadvand, Payam; Martínez, David; Gramunt Fombuena, Nina; Gotsens, Xavier; Cirach, Marta; Vert Roca, Cristina, 1991-; Molinuevo, José Luis; Crous-Bou, Marta; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2018)
    Background: Although exposure to natural outdoor environments has been consistently associated with improved perceived general health, available evidence on a protective association between this exposure and specific mental ...
  • Low childhood nature exposure is associated with worse mental health in adulthood
    Preuß, Myriam; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Márquez, Sandra; Cirach, Marta; Dadvand, Payam; Triguero Mas, Margarita, 1985-; Gidlow, Christopher J.; Gražulevičienė, Regina; Kruize, Hanneke; Zijlema, Wilma (MDPI, 2019)
    Exposure to natural outdoor environments (NOE) is associated with health benefits; however, evidence on the impact of NOE exposure during childhood on mental health (MH) and vitality in adulthood is scarce. This study was ...
  • Positive health effects of the natural outdoor environment in typical populations in different regions in Europe (PHENOTYPE): a study programme protocol
    Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Cirach, Marta; Dadvand, Payam; Donaire González, David; García Aymerich, Judith; Júlvez Calvo, Jordi; Triguero Mas, Margarita, 1985-; Gražulevičienė, Regina (BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)
    Introduction: Growing evidence suggests that close contact with nature brings benefits to human health and well-being, but the proposed mechanisms are still not well understood and the associations with health remain ...
  • Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities: a health impact assessment
    Khomenko, Sasha; Cirach, Marta; Pereira-Barboza, Evelise; Mueller, Natalie, 1988-; Barrera Gómez, Jose; Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-; de Hoogh, Kees; Hoek, Gerard; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 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 ...
  • Prenatal air pollution exposure and growth and cardio-metabolic risk in preschoolers
    Fossati, Serena; Valvi, Damaskini, 1983-; Martínez, David; Cirach, Marta; Estarlich, Marisa; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Iñiguez, Carmen; Irizar, Amaia; Lertxundi, Aitana; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Vioque, Jesus; Tardón, Adonina; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2020)
    Objectives: We investigated the association between outdoor air pollutants exposure in the first trimester of pregnancy, and growth and cardio-metabolic risk at four years of age, and evaluated the mediating role of birth ...
  • Prenatal and postnatal exposure to NO2 and child attentional function at 4-5 years of age
    Sentís, Alexis; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Dalmau Bueno, Albert; Andiarena, Ainara; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Cirach, Marta; Estarlich, Marisa; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Ibarluzea, Jesús; Íñiguez, Carmen; Lertxundi, Aitana; Tardón, Adonina; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Vrijheid, Martine; Guxens Junyent, Mònica (Elsevier, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: Prenatal and postnatal exposure to air pollution has been linked to cognitive impairment in children, but very few studies have assessed its association with attentional function. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the ...
  • Research Note: residential distance and recreational visits to coastal and inland blue spaces in eighteen countries
    Elliott, Lewis R.; White, Mathew P.; Grellier, James; Garrett, Joanne K.; Cirach, Marta; Wheeler, Benedict W.; Bratman, Gregory N.; van den Bosch, Matilda A.; Ojala, Ann; Roiko, Anne; Lima, Maria L.; O'Connor, Aisling; Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Fleming, Lora E. (Elsevier, 2020)
    Varied categorisations of residential distance to bluespace in population health studies make comparisons difficult. Using survey data from eighteen countries, we modelled relationships between residential distance to blue ...
  • Residential proximity to green spaces and breast cancer risk: The multicase-control study in Spain (MCC-Spain)
    O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina; Kogevinas, Manolis; Cirach, Marta; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Gràcia Lavedan, Esther; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Valentín, Antònia; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2018)
    Background: Breast cancer is the main cause of cancer mortality among women. Green spaces have been recently associated with reduced cancer mortality among women. Mechanisms explaining the beneficial effect of green spaces ...
  • Residential surrounding greenspace and mental health in three spanish areas
    Torres Toda, Maria; Anabitarte Riol, Asier; Cirach, Marta; Estarlich, Marisa; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; González-Safont, Llúcia; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Julvez, Jordi; Riaño, Isolina; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Dadvand, Payam (MDPI, 2020)
    Exposure to greenspace has been related to improved mental health, but the available evidence is limited and findings are heterogeneous across different areas. We aimed to evaluate the associations between residential ...