====== Environmental Exposure (linkage) ======

Various institutes collect data about environmental characteristics (noise, air quality, facilities, [[EARQ|earthquakes]]) of certain [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation|geolocations]], for example based on [[https://gisgeography.com/latitude-longitude-coordinates|x/y-coordinates]].\\
The home address postal codes of adult [[cohort|participants]] (at the moment of their [[1A|baseline]] assessment) were transformed to x/y-coordinates, enabling the linkage of environmental data to individual participants.\\
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===== GECCO =====
Lifelines is currently a member of the Geoscience and health cohort consortium ([[http://www.gecco.nl|GECCO]]) which aims to facilitate the scientific analysis of linked environmental databases and health cohorts in the Netherlands ([[sections]]: [[lifestyle & environment]] and [[secondary & linked variables]]).\\
[[gecco_variables|A selection of GECCO datasets is already linked to Lifelines participants]] and can be requested through the Lifelines catalogue. Additional datasets can be acquired from GECCO and linked to Lifelines participants on request. Either way, [[https://www.gecco.nl/exposure-data-1/|permission from GECCO should always be requested]] for the use of this data.\\
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===== ELAPSE =====
Air pollution parameters [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_carbon|black carbon]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_oxide|nitrogen dioxide]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone|ozone]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particulates|particulate matter]] are obtained from the [[http://www.elapseproject.eu|Elapse Project]] (spatial resolution = 100m x 100m) and are based on satellite data from 2010 and chemical transport modelling.\\
See de Hoogh et al. (2016) for more details ({{ :hoogher2016.pdf |pdf}}).