Urban heat islands (UHIs) have become an especially relevant phenomenon as a
consequence of global warming and the growing proportion of people living in cities. The …

Mental and behavioral disorders are an important public health problem and constitute a
priority for the WHO, whose recommendations include the surveillance of their risk factors …

An effective approach to producing sophisticated miniaturized and nanoscale materials
involves arranging nanomaterials into layered hierarchical frameworks. Nanostructured …

Background Existing evidence suggests that psychiatric patients are highly noise sensitive,
and that noise exposure increases the risk for adverse mental health outcomes, such as …

Global population growth and increasing pollution levels are directly related. The effect does
not just apply to outdoor spaces. Likewise, the low indoor air quality is also having a …

Research has indicated that certain environmental exposures may increase the risk of
unprovoked seizures and new onset epilepsy. This study aimed to synthesize the literature …

Environmental pollution impairs residents' health, while the pursuit of health is highly
correlated to medical costs. Understanding how environmental pollution affects medical …

Background Count time series (eg, daily deaths) are a very common type of data in
environmental health research. The series is generally autocorrelated, while the widely used …

Air pollution is a danger to economies throughout the European Union. Industry, population
expansion, a building boom owing to housing and infrastructure development, increasing …

La contaminación acústica es un problema ambiental que afecta a la calidad de vida de las
personas en el mundo. En Ecuador, este problema no es la excepción y es especialmente …