Environmentally related gender health risks: findings from citizen science cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public engagement in the research of environmental epidemiological problems is becoming an important measure to empower citizens to identify the local environmental and health problems and to explain different environmental exposures affect estimates for males and females. This HORIZON2020 CitieS-Health Kaunas Pilot study examines the relationship between urban built and social environment, health behaviors, and health in men and women.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included 1086 18-74-year-old participants residing in 11 districts of Kaunas city, Lithuania. Using GIS, we measured traffic flow, noise, NO2, PM2.5, PM10, and greenness NDVI for the participants' home addresses, determined participants' perceptions of environmental quality, linked this informatio

SUBMITTER: Grazuleviciene R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9325661 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature