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Tim S. Nawrot

Tim S. Nawrot

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Medicine

D-Index
99
Citations
31443
World Ranking
8682
National Ranking
98

Overview

Tim S. Nawrot is affiliated with Hasselt University in Belgium and has a substantial body of research in environmental science and medicine. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, physiology, molecular biology, and pollution.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics such as air quality and health impacts, birth, development and health, climate change and health impacts, health, environment, cognitive aging, urban green space and health, telomeres, telomerase and senescence, and noise effects and management.

Tim S. Nawrot has published numerous papers in prominent venues. Frequent publication channels include:

  • Environmental Research
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environment International
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Health

Selected recent papers feature topics related to environmental insults, maternal and fetal exposure to black carbon particles, epigenome-wide analyses related to gestational age, and nanoparticle translocation across the placenta. Notable recent publications include:

  • Hallmarks of environmental insults, 2021, Cell
  • Maternal exposure to ambient black carbon particles and their presence in maternal and fetal circulation and organs: an analysis of two independent population-based observational studies, 2022, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation in newborns and children identifies numerous loci related to gestational age, 2020, Genome Medicine
  • Translocation of (ultra)fine particles and nanoparticles across the placenta; a systematic review on the evidence of in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo studies, 2020, Particle and Fibre Toxicology
  • Residing in urban areas with higher green space is associated with lower mortality risk: A census-based cohort study with ten years of follow-up, 2021, Environment International

Tim S. Nawrot collaborates regularly with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Michelle Plusquin
  • Dries S. Martens
  • Esmée M. Bijnens
  • Jan A. Staessen
  • Yu-Ling Yu

The scientist's research contributes to understanding how environmental factors and exposures influence human health, particularly focusing on early life stages, urban environments, and molecular mechanisms underlying health outcomes. Their work integrates epidemiological methods with molecular and physiological insights across multiple disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Cadmium stress: an oxidative challenge

    Ann Cuypers;Michelle Plusquin;Tony Remans;Marijke Jozefczak

  • Environmental exposure to cadmium and risk of cancer: a prospective population-based study

    Tim Nawrot;Michelle Plusquin;Janneke Hogervorst;Harry A Roels

  • Ambient black carbon particles reach the fetal side of human placenta

    Hannelore Bové;Hannelore Bové;Eva Bongaerts;Eli Slenders;Esmée M. Bijnens

  • Public health importance of triggers of myocardial infarction: a comparative risk assessment

    Tim S Nawrot;Laura Perez;Nino Künzli;Elke Munters

  • Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index Derived From 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

    Yan Li;Ji-Guang Wang;Eamon Dolan;Ping-Jin Gao

  • Gender and telomere length : systematic review and meta-analysis

    Michael Gardner;David Bann;Laura Wiley;Rachel Cooper

  • How much do resin-based dental materials release? A meta-analytical approach

    K.L. Van Landuyt;Tim Nawrot;Tim Nawrot;B. Geebelen;J. De Munck

  • Cadmium exposure in the population: from health risks to strategies of prevention

    Tim S. Nawrot;Jan A. Staessen;Jan A. Staessen;Harry A. Roels;Elke Munters

  • Prevalence, Persistence, and Clinical Significance of Masked Hypertension in Youth

    Empar Lurbe;Isabel Torro;Vicente Alvarez;Tim Nawrot

  • Sustainability of artisanal mining of cobalt in DR Congo.

    Célestin Banza Lubaba Nkulu;Lidia Casas;Vincent Haufroid;Thierry De Putter

  • Telomere length and possible link to X chromosome.

    Tim S Nawrot;Jan A Staessen;Jeffrey P Gardner;Abraham Aviv

  • Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Antihypertensive Treatment A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Ji Guang Wang;Jan A. Staessen;Yan Li;Luc M. Van Bortel

  • Effect of Smoke-Free Legislation on Perinatal and Child Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Jasper V. Been;Ulugbek B. Nurmatov;Bianca Cox;Tim S. Nawrot

  • Obesity is associated with increased arterial stiffness from adolescence until old age.

    Pantelis E Zebekakis;Tim Nawrot;Lutgarde Thijs;Elisabeth J Balkestein

  • High human exposure to cobalt and other metals in Katanga, a mining area of the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Célestin Lubaba Nkulu Banza;Tim S. Nawrot;Vincent Haufroid;Sophie Decrée;Sophie Decrée

  • C-reactive protein: a new predictor of adverse outcome in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

    Rozenn Quarck;Tim Nawrot;Tim Nawrot;Bart Meyns;Marion Delcroix

  • An epidemiological re-appraisal of the association between blood pressure and blood lead: a meta-analysis.

    T S Nawrot;Lutgarde Thijs;E M Den Hond;H A Roels

  • MicroRNAs as potential signatures of environmental exposure or effect: a systematic review.

    Karen Vrijens;Valentina Bollati;Tim S. Nawrot

  • Ambient Black Carbon Particles Reach the Fetal Side of Human Placenta

    Bongaerts E;Bové H;Ameloot M;Nawrot T

  • Ambulatory arterial stiffness index derived from 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Commentary

    Stéphane Laurent;Athanase Benetos;Patrick Lacolley;Yan Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Greet Schoeters
Greet Schoeters University of Antwerp
Benoit Nemery
Benoit Nemery KU Leuven
Luc Int Panis
Luc Int Panis Hasselt University
Jaco Vangronsveld
Jaco Vangronsveld Hasselt University
Willy Baeyens
Willy Baeyens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Martine Vrijheid
Martine Vrijheid Pompeu Fabra University
Jordi Sunyer
Jordi Sunyer Pompeu Fabra University

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