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Erik Lebret is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Their body of work spans 22 publications in this main field, emphasizing the intersection between environmental factors and human health outcomes.

Their research covers several subfields, notably including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing, Plant Science, Cancer Research, and Food Science. The primary topics of their work are centered around the effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, noise effects and management, air quality and health impacts, health, environment and cognitive aging, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, urban green space and health, as well as climate change and health impacts.

Lebret's frequent publication venues reflect their multidisciplinary approach, with multiple articles appearing in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). They have also published in The Science of The Total Environment, Toxics, and Environment International.

Key recent papers include:

  • Green space, air pollution, traffic noise and mental wellbeing throughout adolescence: Findings from the PIAMA study (2022, Environment International)
  • Effects of exposure to surrounding green, air pollution and traffic noise with non-accidental and cause-specific mortality in the Dutch national cohort (2021, Environmental Health)
  • Effects of Dutch livestock production on human health and the environment (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Assessment of exposure to pesticide mixtures in five European countries by a harmonized urinary suspect screening approach (2022, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health)
  • Mixture risk assessment and human biomonitoring: Lessons learnt from HBM4EU (2023, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health)

Collaborative relationships are a significant component of their scientific work. Frequent co-authors include Jelle Vlaanderen, Ilse Ottenbros, Mirjam Luijten, Lizan D. Bloemsma, and Jochem O. Klompmaker, with multiple joint publications, highlighting a network of cooperation especially in environmental health and toxicology topics.

Lebret's work contributes to understanding the complex interactions between environmental exposures and human health, particularly focusing on chemical, noise, and air pollution factors as well as broader environmental health risks related to urban and rural settings.

Best Publications

  • Mapping urban air pollution using GIS: a regression-based approach

    David J. Briggs;Susan Collins;Paul Elliott;Paul Fischer

  • Improving health through policies that promote active travel: a review of evidence to support integrated health impact assessment

    Audrey de Nazelle;Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen;Josep M. Antó;Michael Brauer

  • In vitro toxicity of particulate matter (PM) collected at different sites in the Netherlands is associated with PM composition, size fraction and oxidative potential - the RAPTES project

    Maaike Steenhof;Ilse Gosens;Maciej Strak;Krystal J Godri;Krystal J Godri

  • Respiratory Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter: The Role of Particle Size, Composition, and Oxidative Potential—The RAPTES Project

    Maciej Strak;Nicole A.H Janssen;Krystal J Godri;Ilse Gosens

  • Traffic-related differences in outdoor and indoor concentrations of particles and volatile organic compounds in Amsterdam

    P.H. Fischer;G. Hoek;H. van Reeuwijk;D.J. Briggs

  • Chronic respiratory symptoms in children and adults living along streets with high traffic density.

    A Oosterlee;M Drijver;E Lebret;B Brunekreef

  • The use of expert elicitation in environmental health impact assessment: a seven step procedure.

    Anne B Knol;Pauline Slottje;Jeroen P van der Sluijs;Jeroen P van der Sluijs;Erik Lebret

  • Aircraft noise around a large international airport and its impact on general health and medication use

    E A M Franssen;C M A G van Wiechen;N J D Nagelkerke;E Lebret

  • Associations of combined exposures to surrounding green, air pollution and traffic noise on mental health

    Jochem O Klompmaker;Gerard Hoek;Lizan D Bloemsma;Alet H Wijga

  • Air Pollution Exposure in European Cities: The "Expolis" Study.

    Jantunen Mj;Hänninen O;Katsouyanni K;Knöppel H

  • Green space definition affects associations of green space with overweight and physical activity.

    Jochem O. Klompmaker;Gerard Hoek;Lizan D. Bloemsma;Ulrike Gehring

  • Statement on advancing the assessment of chemical mixtures and their risks for human health and the environment.

    Elina Drakvik;Elina Drakvik;Rolf Altenburger;Yasunobu Aoki;Thomas Backhaus

  • Infiltration of ambient PM2.5 and levels of indoor generated non-ETS PM2.5 in residences of four European cities

    O.O. Hänninen;E. Lebret;V. Ilacqua;K. Katsouyanni

  • Expert elicitation on ultrafine particles: likelihood of health effects and causal pathways

    Anne B Knol;Jeroen J de Hartog;Hanna Boogaard;Pauline Slottje

  • Current EU research activities on combined exposure to multiple chemicals

    Stephanie K. Bopp;Robert Barouki;Werner Brack;Silvia Dalla Costa

  • PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations in Central and Eastern Europe: results from the Cesar study

    Danny Houthuijs;Oscar Breugelmans;Gerard Hoek;Éva Vaskövi

  • Roles of scientists as policy advisers on complex issues: A literature review

    Pita Spruijt;Anne B. Knol;Eleftheria Vasileiadou;Jeroen Devilee

  • Immune biomarkers in relation to exposure to particulate matter: a cross-sectional survey in 17 cities of Central Europe.

    G. S. Leonardi;D. Houthuijs;P. A. Steerenberg;T. Fletcher

  • Small area variations in ambient NO2 concentrations in four European areas

    Erik Lebret;David Briggs;Hans van Reeuwijk;Paul Fischer

  • Human biomonitoring as a tool to support chemicals regulation in the European Union.

    Catherine Ganzleben;Jean-Philippe Antignac;Robert Barouki;Argelia Castaño

  • Air pollution related deaths during the 2003 heat wave in the Netherlands

    Paul H. Fischer;Bert Brunekreef;Erik Lebret

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert Brunekreef
Bert Brunekreef Utrecht University
Gerard Hoek
Gerard Hoek Utrecht University
Nicole A.H. Janssen
Nicole A.H. Janssen Wageningen University & Research
Roy M. Harrison
Roy M. Harrison University of Birmingham
Flemming R. Cassee
Flemming R. Cassee Utrecht University
Ian Mudway
Ian Mudway Imperial College London
Frank J. Kelly
Frank J. Kelly Imperial College London
Alet H. Wijga
Alet H. Wijga Centre for Health Protection
Ulrike Gehring
Ulrike Gehring Utrecht University
Arthur C. Petersen
Arthur C. Petersen University College London

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