ESCAPE
European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects
| Coordinatore | UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
Organization address
address: Heidelberglaan 8 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Netherlands [NL] |
| Totale costo | 8˙218˙266 € |
| EC contributo | 5˙858˙973 € |
| Programma | FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) |
| Code Call | FP7-ENV-2007-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-IP |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-06-01 - 2012-11-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
Organization address
address: Heidelberglaan 8 contact info |
NL (UTRECHT) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
AZIENDA SANITARIA LOCALE ROMA
Organization address
address: Borgo Santo Spirito 3 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
FUNDACIO CENTRE DE RECERCA EN EPIDEMIOLOGIA AMBIENTAL - CREAL
Organization address
address: Calle Doctor Aiguader 88 contact info |
ES (BARCELONA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION
Organization address
address: KAISAREIAS 13 & ALEXANDROUPOLEOS contact info |
EL (ATHENS) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUENCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT GMBH
Organization address
address: Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1 contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Organization address
address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 0.00 |
| 7 |
INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE
Organization address
address: RUE DU VAL D OSNE 12 contact info |
FR (SAINT MAURICE CEDEX) | participant | 0.00 |
| 8 |
INSTITUT FUR UMWELTMEDIZINISCHE FORSCHUNG AN DER HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITAT DUSSELDORF GMBH
Organization address
address: AUF M HENNEKAMP 50 contact info |
DE (DUESSELDORF) | participant | 0.00 |
| 9 |
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
Organization address
address: 101 Rue de Tolbiac contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 0.00 |
| 10 |
INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Organization address
address: Research Avenue North, Riccarton 45 contact info |
UK (EDINBURGH) | participant | 0.00 |
| 11 |
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
Organization address
address: Nobels Vag 5 contact info |
SE (STOCKHOLM) | participant | 0.00 |
| 12 |
KRAEFTENS BEKAEMPELSE
Organization address
address: Strandboulevarden 49 contact info |
DK (KOEBENHAVN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 13 |
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Organization address
address: NORTH STAR AVENUE POLARIS HOUSE contact info |
UK (SWINDON) | participant | 0.00 |
| 14 |
NASJONALT FOLKEHELSEINSTITUTT
Organization address
address: Lovisenberggata 8 contact info |
NO (OSLO) | participant | 0.00 |
| 15 |
NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Organization address
address: CHRISTOU LADA 6 contact info |
EL (ATHENS) | participant | 0.00 |
| 16 |
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: ROOSEVELT ROAD 1 contact info |
TW (TAIPEI) | participant | 0.00 |
| 17 |
ORSZAGOS KOZEGESZSEGUGYI KOZPONT
Organization address
address: GYALI UTCA 26-6 contact info |
HU (BUDAPEST) | participant | 0.00 |
| 18 |
PANEPISTIMIO KRITIS
Organization address
address: UNIVERSITY CAMPUS GALLOS contact info |
EL (RETHIMNO) | participant | 0.00 |
| 19 |
RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEIDEN MILIEU*NATIONAL INSTITUTEFOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENTEN
Organization address
address: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9 contact info |
NL (BILTHOVEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 20 |
TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS
Organization address
address: MANNERHEIMINTIE 166 contact info |
FI (HELSINKI) | participant | 0.00 |
| 21 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Organization address
address: OXFORD ROAD contact info |
UK (MANCHESTER) | participant | 0.00 |
| 22 |
UMEA UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: UNIVERSITETOMRADET contact info |
SE (UMEA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 23 |
UNIVERSITAET BASEL
Organization address
address: Petersplatz 1 contact info |
CH (BASEL) | participant | 0.00 |
| 24 |
UNIVERSITAET DUISBURG-ESSEN
Organization address
address: UNIVERSITAETSSTRASSE 2 contact info |
DE (ESSEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 25 |
UNIVERSITAET ULM
Organization address
address: HELMHOLTZSTRASSE 16 contact info |
DE (ULM) | participant | 0.00 |
| 26 |
VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO UNIVERSITETAS
Organization address
address: K. DONELAICIO G. 58 contact info |
LT (KAUNAS) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'European policy making is hampered by considerable uncertainty about the magnitude and nature of the impacts of long term exposure to air pollution on human health. ESCAPE is a collaboration of more than 30 European cohort studies including some 900,000 subjects. It is aimed at quantifying health impacts of air pollution and at reducing uncertainty. ESCAPE will also test new hypotheses on specific health effects of air pollution. ESCAPE will focus on effects of within-city, within-area and within-country contrasts in air pollution, and so will enable Europe to remain at the cutting edge worldwide for further development and application of methods which have been largely pioneered here. ESCAPE will make measurements of airborne particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in selected regions in Europe. It will measure the chemical composition of the collected particles and it will store samples for future chemical and toxicological analyses. Escape will focus on four categories of cohort studies: 1. Pregnancy outcome and birth cohort studies; 2. Studies on respiratory disease in adults; 3. Studies on cardiovascular disease in adults; 4. Studies on cancer incidence and mortality. ESCAPE responds to a specific FP7 call for a large collaborative project in the Environment and Health program. The call asks for research within existing cohorts among children as well as elderly adults as sensitive groups, and it asks to consider the role of other environmental exposures such as noise, and of biomarkers and gene-environment interactions. Whereas ESCAPE will focus, as requested, on air pollution and to a lesser extent traffic noise exposures, studies have been included which contain a wealth of data on other exposures (e.g., drinking water contaminants), on biomarkers and on genetics. ESCAPE will actively engage stakeholder organisations and policy makers so that results can be swiftly translated to support policy development and implementation.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
A study funded by the EU's FP7 Environment programme is using existing data to give scientists and policy makers a clearer picture of the health impacts of air pollution
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Knowledge of the long-term health effects of air pollution on European citizens is being significantly increased thanks to the efforts of the Escape project. Project partners are measuring airborne particulates and nitrogen oxides in selected European regions. The chemical composition of sampled particulates is also analysed. Escape researchers are using information from over 30 European cohort studies, assessing air pollution exposure assessment at country, city and right down to the individual home address level.
Scientists developed techniques for assessing long-term population exposure to air pollution and are applying these to four categories of the existing cohort studies. The initial category concerns the adverse effect of air pollution on pregnancy and the development of diseases such as asthma in children. The second group is investigating the relationship between long term exposure to air pollution and the prevalence of respiratory diseases like bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and adult asthma.
The third category is providing data about the effect of long term exposure to air pollution inducing inflammation and atherosclerosis and the risk of acute coronary artery disease events and the development of preventative strategies. The final category investigates the impact of air pollution on the incidence of cancer and mortality. Project partners also created a database for determining the health effects of long-term air pollution on the European population.
Escape is actively communicating with stakeholder organisations and policy makers to facilitate development of new policies and their implementation. The ultimate benefactors will be European citizens through improved health and environment.