Air pollution

For all participants, exposure to air pollutants at each geocoded address was assessed using continuous monitoring data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based modelling techniques, considering the spatial and temporal variation in air pollution.

Annual concentrations of PM10 (μg/m3), PM2.5 (μg/m3), PMCOARSE (μg/m3), PM2.5 absorbance (10-5m-1), NO2 (μg/m3), NOX (μg/m3), Cu (ng/m3), Fe (ng/m3), Si (ng/m3), Zn (ng/m3), PAH (ng/m3), OC (μg/m3), OPDTT (nmol DTT/min/m3), OPESR (arbitrary units/m3) were estimated using three Dutch national standard methods for air quality modelling. Hourly concentrations of PM10, PM2.5, PM2.5 absorbance, NOx, and NO2 were derived for each home address using the information from three continuous monitoring stations, which considered wind conditions and temporal patterns in source distributions.

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Waves
  • Generation R

  • Early pregnancy
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    0 months - 6 months   From 2002-01-01 to 2005-12-31
  • Mid pregnancy
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    0 months - 4 months   From 2002-01-01 to 2005-12-31
  • Late pregnancy
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    0 months - 2 months   From 2002-01-01 to 2005-12-31
  • Birth
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    0 months   From 2002-01-01 to 2006-12-31
  • 6 weeks
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    0 months - 5 months   From 2002-01-01 to 2006-12-31
  • 2 months
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    0 months - 6 months   From 2002-01-01 to 2006-12-31
  • 3 months
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    1 months - 37 months   From 2002-01-01 to 2006-12-31
  • 4 months
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    4 months - 5 months   From 2002-01-01 to 2006-12-31
  • 6 months
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    4 months - 12 months   From 2002-01-01 to 2006-12-31
  • 1 year
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    10 months - 41 months   From 2003-01-01 to 2007-12-31
  • 1.5 years
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    16 months - 31 months   From 2003-01-01 to 2007-12-31
  • 2 years
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    22 months - 47 months   From 2004-01-01 to 2008-12-31
  • 2.5 years
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    28 months - 5.1 years   From 2004-01-01 to 2008-12-31
  • 3 years
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    34 months - 4.7 years   From 2005-01-01 to 2009-12-31
  • 4 years
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    46 months - 6.2 years   From 2006-01-01 to 2010-12-31
  • 5-6 years
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    4.9 - 9.1 years   From 2008-01-01 to 2012-12-31
  • 7 years
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    5.6 - 9.9 years   From 2010-01-01 to 2011-12-31
  • 8 years
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    7.5 - 10.8 years   From 2010-01-01 to 2014-12-31
  • 9-10 years
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    8.7 - 12.5 years   From 2012-01-01 to 2016-12-31
  • 11 years
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    9.3 - 13.6 years   From 2014-01-01 to 2018-12-31
  • 12 years
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    10.3 - 15.6 years   From 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
  • 13-14 years
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    12.5 - 16.8 years   From 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31
  • 17-18 years
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    17.0 - 18.0 years   From 2020-10-01 (ongoing)
    Mode of collection Observation
    Analysis unit GeographicUnit
    Instrument name Air pollution
    Measure name Air pollutants
    References
    Guxens, M., Lubczyńska, M. J., Pérez-Crespo, L., Muetzel, R. L., El Marroun, H., Basagaña, X., ... & Tiemeier, H. (2022). Associations of Air Pollution on the Brain in Children: A Brain Imaging Study. Research Report 209. Boston, MA:Health Effects Institute.
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