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Table 1 Overview of environmental exposures in the LifeLines Cohort Study

From: The LifeLines Cohort Study: a resource providing new opportunities for environmental epidemiology

Ambient air pollution

 

ESCAPE models

 

 NO2

Nitrogen dioxide

 NO2 background

Background level of nitrogen dioxide

 PM2.5

Particulate matter with diameter ≤2.5 μm

 PM2.5 absorbance

Reflectance on PM2.5 filters, i.e., marker of black carbon

 PM10

Particulate matter with diameter ≤10 μm

EU-wide models

 

 NO2

Nitrogen dioxide

 PM10

Particulate matter with diameter ≤10 μm

Road traffic noise (CNOSSOS-EU model)

 

 Lday

A-weighted equivalent noise level over the 12-hour day time period from 07.00 to 19.00 hour

Levening

A-weighted equivalent noise level over the 4-hour evening time period from 19.00 to 23.00 hours

 Lnight

A-weighted equivalent noise level over the 8-hour night time period from 23.00 to 07.00 hours

 Laeq16

A-weighted equivalent noise level over the 16-hour day and evening time period from 07.00 to 23.00 hours

 Lden

A-weighted equivalent noise level for the day-evening-night time period of 24 hours, with a 10 dB penalty added to the levels between 23.00-07.00 hours and a 5 dB added to the levels between 19.00-23.00 hours to reflect extra noise sensitivity during night and evening

 Laeq 0-23 hours

Hourly noise estimates

Questionnaire data

 

Noise annoyance

 

Perceived exposures to power lines, mobile phone masts

 

Mobile phone use

 

Exposure to secondhand smoke

 

Perceived living environment

 

Database linkage

 

Neighborhood characteristics (Statistics Netherlands)

Neighborhood level demographic and socioeconomic figures

LISA employment register

Location, type of establishment, number of employees

  1. ESCAPE European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects, EU-wide European-wide, CNOSSOS-EU Common Noise Assessment Methods in Europe