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Marta Cirach is affiliated with Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and specializes in environmental science with a focus on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their research encompasses several key fields including environmental engineering, speech and hearing, transportation, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics within the broader context of environmental health. These include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Marta Cirach has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, notable examples include:

  • Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities: a health impact assessment, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Cooling cities through urban green infrastructure: a health impact assessment of European cities, 2023, The Lancet
  • Associations between green/blue spaces and mental health across 18 countries, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Green space and mortality in European cities: a health impact assessment study, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Impact of urban environmental exposures on cognitive performance and brain structure of healthy individuals at risk for Alzheimer's dementia, 2020, Environment International

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mark Nieuwenhuijsen (78 joint publications)
  • Sasha Khomenko (25 joint publications)
  • Natalie Mueller (25 joint publications)
  • Evelise Pereira Barboza (24 joint publications)
  • Tamara Iungman (21 joint publications)

Marta Cirach's research has been published extensively in several major venues. Some of the most frequent publication platforms are:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts (19 publications)
  • Environmental Research (11 publications)
  • Environment International (10 publications)
  • The Lancet Planetary Health (6 publications)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia (6 publications)

Best Publications

  • Development of Land Use Regression Models for PM2.5, PM2.5 Absorbance, PM10 and PMcoarse in 20 European Study Areas; Results of the ESCAPE Project

    Marloes Eeftens;Rob Beelen;Kees de Hoogh;Tom Bellander

  • Development of NO2 and NOx land use regression models for estimating air pollution exposure in 36 study areas in Europe - The ESCAPE project

    Rob Beelen;Gerard Hoek;Danielle Vienneau;Marloes Eeftens

  • Natural outdoor environments and mental and physical health: relationships and mechanisms.

    Margarita Triguero-Mas;Payam Dadvand;Marta Cirach;David Martínez

  • Ambient air pollution and low birthweight: a European cohort study (ESCAPE)

    Marie Pedersen;Lise Giorgis-Allemand;Claire Bernard;Inmaculada Aguilera

  • Association between Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Schools and Cognitive Development in Primary School Children: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Jordi Sunyer;Mikel Esnaola;Mar Alvarez-Pedrerol;Joan Forns

  • Green spaces and General Health: Roles of mental health status, social support, and physical activity.

    Payam Dadvand;Xavier Bartoll;Xavier Basagaña;Albert Dalmau-Bueno

  • Cooling cities through urban green infrastructure: a health impact assessment of European cities

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  • Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities: a health impact assessment

    Sasha Khomenko;Marta Cirach;Evelise Pereira-Barboza;Natalie Mueller

  • Spatial variation of PM2.5, PM10, PM2.5 absorbance and PMcoarse concentrations between and within 20 European study areas and the relationship with NO2 : results of the ESCAPE project

    Marloes Eeftens;Ming-Yi Tsai;Ming-Yi Tsai;Ming-Yi Tsai;Christophe Ampe;Bernhard Anwander

  • Adult lung function and long-term air pollution exposure. ESCAPE: a multicentre cohort study and meta-analysis

    Martin Adam;Martin Adam;Tamara Schikowski;Anne Elie Carsin;Yutong Cai

  • Visiting green space is associated with mental health and vitality: A cross-sectional study in four european cities.

    Magdalena van den Berg;Mireille van Poppel;Mireille van Poppel;Irene van Kamp;Sandra Andrusaityte

  • Associations between green/blue spaces and mental health across 18 countries

    Mathew P. White;Mathew P. White;Lewis R. Elliott;James Grellier;James Grellier;Theo Economou

  • Changing the urban design of cities for health: The superblock model

    Natalie Mueller;David Rojas-Rueda;Haneen Khreis;Marta Cirach

  • Variation of NO2 and NOx concentrations between and within 36 European study areas: Results from the ESCAPE study

    Josef Cyrys;Marloes Eeftens;Joachim Heinrich;Christophe Ampe

  • Long-term exposure to residential green and blue spaces and anxiety and depression in adults: A cross-sectional study

    Mireia Gascon;Gonzalo Sánchez-Benavides;Payam Dadvand;David Martínez

  • Air pollution and respiratory infections during early childhood: an analysis of 10 European birth cohorts within the ESCAPE Project

    Elaina A. MacIntyre;Ulrike Gehring;Anna Mölter;Elaine Fuertes

  • Urban and Transport Planning Related Exposures and Mortality: A Health Impact Assessment for Cities

    Natalie Mueller;David Rojas-Rueda;Xavier Basagaña;Marta Cirach

  • Green space and mortality in European cities: a health impact assessment study.

    Evelise Pereira Barboza;Marta Cirach;Sasha Khomenko;Tamara Iungman

  • Ambient air pollution and adult asthma incidence in six European cohorts (ESCAPE).

    Bénédicte Jacquemin;Valérie Siroux;Margaux Sanchez;Anne Elie Carsin

  • Surrounding greenness and exposure to air pollution during pregnancy: an analysis of personal monitoring data.

    Payam Dadvand;Audrey de Nazelle;Margarita Triguero-Mas;Anna Schembari

  • Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) as a marker of surrounding greenness in epidemiological studies: The case of Barcelona city

    Mireia Gascon;Marta Cirach;David Martínez;Payam Dadvand

  • Development of land use regression models for particle composition in twenty study areas in Europe

    Kees de Hoogh;Meng Wang;Martin Adam;Martin Adam;Chiara Badaloni

  • Effect of long-term exposure to air pollution on anxiety and depression in adults: A cross-sectional study.

    Cristina Vert;Gonzalo Sánchez-Benavides;David Martínez;Xavier Gotsens

  • Spatial variation of PM2.5, PM10, PM2.5 absorbance and PMcoarse concentrations between and within 20 European study areas and the relationship with NO2 - Results of the ESCAPE project

    Marloes Eeftens;Ming-Yi Tsai;Christophe Ampe;Bernhard Anwander

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Gerard Hoek
Gerard Hoek Utrecht University
Xavier Basagaña
Xavier Basagaña Pompeu Fabra University
Rob Beelen
Rob Beelen Utrecht University
Payam Dadvand
Payam Dadvand Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Bert Brunekreef
Bert Brunekreef Utrecht University
Kees de Hoogh
Kees de Hoogh Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Audrey de Nazelle
Audrey de Nazelle Imperial College London
Ming-Yi Tsai
Ming-Yi Tsai University of Washington
Marloes Eeftens
Marloes Eeftens Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

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