Foraster Pulido, Maria (Date of defense: 2013-07-25)
Epidemiological evidence is limited regarding the effects of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and to traffic noise on blood pressure (BP). This thesis aims at (a) assessing the ...
Martínez Solanas, Èrica (Date of defense: 2019-02-28)
Exposure to ambient temperatures has been widely described as an important health hazard. The most studied effect of temperatures is an increase on mortality; however, there is less evidence on other ...
Gignac, Florence (Date of defense: 2022-07-07)
The short-term effects of air pollution on brain health have come under investigation only recently. Since environmental health studies are often developed entirely by scientists, citizen science is a ...
Rivera, Marcela (Date of defense: 2012-03-16)
This thesis contributes to the characterization of the spatial distribution of NO2, heavy metals and UFP in Girona, to the methodology in air pollution exposure assessment studying different markers of ...