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Effects of Environmental Exposures in Early-Live Populations

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 5512

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Pablo Martinez-Camblor

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Department of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
Interests: statistical methods; diagnostic problems; causality; mixture models; respiratory medicine; pollution effects
Dr. Aitana Lertxundi

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Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940 Leioa, Spain
Biodonostia Health Institute Research, 20014 San Sebastián, Spain
Spanish Consortium for Research and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
Interests: environment epidemiology; exposure models; urban environment; air pollution; green spaces; environment noise
Dr. Ana Fernandez-Somoano

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Assistant Guest Editor
Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
Spanish Consortium for Research and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
Institute of Health Research of the Principality of Asturias (ISPA), 33001 Oviedo, Spain
Interests: risk assessment; air pollution; statistical methods; environment epidemiology; medical research

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue on the potential early impact of different exposure on public health in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The venue is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information on the journal, we refer you to https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/journal/ijerph.
The focus of this Special Issue, “Effects of Environmental Exposures in Early-Live Populations”, is the potential impact of exposures on prenatal and/or early-life stages on health and/or biometrics outcomes including but not limited to delay effects, respiratory problems, cognitive development, etc. The exposures of interest include, but are not limited to, both environmental (air pollution, chemical exposition, etc.) and dietary (including component and mixture exposures). Due to the complexity of most of the methods used in these studies, works containing strong methodological background or even proposing new statistical methodologies for dealing with environmental health issues or novelty applications are also welcome.
This Special Issue is open to any subject area related to the impacts of the built environment on public health. The listed keywords suggest just a few of the many possibilities.

Dr. Pablo Martinez-Camblor
Dr. Aitana Lertxundi
Dr. Ana Fernandez-Somoano
Guest Editors

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Prenatal exposures
  • Early-life exposures
  • Birth cohort
  • Respiratory diseases
  • Delayed effects
  • Environmental exposures
  • Physical activity

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Community Engagement and Outreach Programs for Lead Prevention in Mississippi
by Amal K. Mitra and Charkarra Anderson-Lewis
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(1), 202; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph18010202 - 29 Dec 2020
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The objective of the project was to encourage health promotion through education, outreach, and community-based training. The people attending health fairs (n = 467), community events (n = 469), and Kindergarten classes (n = 241) were the study participants. Hands-on [...] Read more.
The objective of the project was to encourage health promotion through education, outreach, and community-based training. The people attending health fairs (n = 467), community events (n = 469), and Kindergarten classes (n = 241) were the study participants. Hands-on training was offered at homebuilding retail stores (n = 25). U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s online visual training was given to realtors (n = 220), and inspectors, contractors, and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) workers (n = 75). Training workshops were attended by home-buyers and rental home owners at the Neighborhood Association Meetings (n = 91). The impact of training was evaluated by pre- and posttests. Nearly, 90% of the participants (n = 25) reported the hands-on training was useful. At posttest after the HUD online training, 59.4%, 67.9%, 65.1% of the participants (n = 220) identified soil, car batteries, and paint as sources of lead in the environment, respectively. Nearly 70% identified lead as a poison in the environment while 77.5% and 47.2% demonstrated two behaviors which help prevent lead poisoning. A total of 62.3%, 48.1%, and 58.5%, at posttest identified three complications or illnesses—behavioral, physical, and psychological, respectively. The home owners are required to get permission from the City for housing repair. In coordination with the federally funded housing repair or lead abatement programs, the trained inspectors are authorized to certify the renovation or repair works. These outreach activities were successful in improving the knowledge of the community people on lead poisoning prevention. Full article
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Methodology to Prioritize Chilean Tailings Selection, According to Their Potential Risks
by Elizabeth J. Lam, Italo L. Montofré, Fernando A. Álvarez, Natalia F. Gaete, Diego A. Poblete and Rodrigo J. Rojas
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(11), 3948; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph17113948 - 02 Jun 2020
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For centuries, Chile has been a territory with significant mining activity, resulting in associated social benefits and impacts. One of the main challenges the country faces today is the presence of a great number of mine tailings containing heavy metals, such as Cu, [...] Read more.
For centuries, Chile has been a territory with significant mining activity, resulting in associated social benefits and impacts. One of the main challenges the country faces today is the presence of a great number of mine tailings containing heavy metals, such as Cu, Cr, Ni, Zn, Pb, As, Cd, and Fe, which make up a potential risk for the population. This study is intended to develop a methodology for determining tailings requiring urgent treatment in Chile, based on risks associated with heavy metals. Geochemical data from 530 Chilean tailings were compared to the Dutch norm and the Canadian and Australian soil quality guidelines for residential use. Additionally, criteria about residents and water bodies were used, considering a 2-km area of influence around tailings. To do this, QGIS (Böschacherstrasse 10a CH-8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH), Zurich, Switzerland), a geospatial tool, was used to geolocate each deposit, considering regions, communes, rivers, lakes, and populated areas. To evaluate potential ecological contamination risks, Hakanson’s methodology was used. Results revealed the presence of 12 critical tailings in Chile that require urgent treatment. From the 530 tailings evaluated, 195 are located at less than 2 km from a populated area and 154 at less than 2 km from a water body. In addition, 347 deposits require intervention: 30 on Cu, 30 on Cr, 13 on Zn, 69 on Pb, 138 on As, 1 on Cd, and 5 on Hg. Full article
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