Reiko Vermeulen
Biographic Data
| ID | 700927 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Reiko Vermeulen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Reiko |
| FAMILY NAME | Vermeulen |
| SIGNATURE | VERMEULEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4082-8163 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Detailed assessment of night shift work aspects and potential mediators of its health effects
Night shift work has been associated with adverse health outcomes, but inconsistencies in epidemiological findings reveal gaps in understanding the mechanisms involved. Beyond shift schedules (e.g., duration and intensity) and nighttime light exposure, we propose assessing ten key aspects to enhance understanding of shift work’s nature and health implications. These include: (1) exposure-related factors (“meal timing and composition during the ni…
Livestock-Related Microbial Air Pollution Exposure and Covid-19 Outcomes
Air pollution exposure and incidence of cardiometabolic diseases
While the antioxidative potential of certain vitamins and minerals in cardio-protection has garnered increasing interest, their ability to attenuate associations between air pollution exposure and cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) remains unexplored. This study examined the associations of air pollution (particulate matter including ultrafine particles (UFP), and nitrogen oxides, including NO2 and NOx) and six dietary antioxidants with incident non…
Nature‐versus‐nurture considered harmful
Exposome research is put forward as a major tool for solving the nature‐versus‐nurture debate because the exposome is said to represent “the nature of nurture.” Against this influential idea, we argue that the adoption of the nature‐versus‐nurture debate into the exposome research program is a mistake that needs to be undone to allow for a proper bioethical assessment of exposome research. We first argue that this adoption is originally based on …
A detour for snacks and beverages? A cross-sectional assessment of selective daily mobility bias in food outlet exposure along the commuting route and dietary intakes
The evidence of selective daily mobility bias distorting exposure-health associations is limited. Using 7-day smartphone-based global positioning system (GPS) tracking data for 67 Dutch adults aged 25-45, we conducted paired Wilcoxon tests to compare the absolute and relative exposure to food outlets along actual and modelled commuting routes. We fitted Tobit regressions to examine their associations with three daily snack and soft drink intake o…
Network Analysis to Identify Communities Among Multiple Exposure Biomarkers Measured at Birth in Three Flemish General Population Samples
Introduction: Humans are exposed to multiple environmental chemicals via different sources resulting in complex real-life exposure patterns. Insight into these patterns is important for applications such as linkage to health effects and (mixture) risk assessment. By providing internal exposure levels of (metabolites of) chemicals, biomonitoring studies can provide snapshots of exposure patterns and factors that drive them. Presentation of biomoni…
DNA Methylation in Inflammatory Pathways Modifies the Association between BMI and Adult-Onset Non-Atopic Asthma
A high body mass (BMI) index has repeatedly been associated with non-atopic asthma, but the biological mechanism linking obesity to asthma is still poorly understood. We aimed to test the hypothesis that inflammation and/or innate immunity plays a role in the obesity-asthma link. DNA methylome was measured in blood samples of 61 non-atopic participants with asthma and 146 non-atopic participants without asthma (non-smokers for at least 10 years) …
Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Reporting Standards (Isle-ReSt) statement
Spatial lifecourse epidemiology is an interdisciplinary field that utilizes advanced spatial, location-based, and artificial intelligence technologies to investigate the long-term effects of environmental, behavioural, psychosocial, and biological factors on health-related states and events and the underlying mechanisms. With the growing number of studies reporting findings from this field and the critical need for public health and policy decisi…
ExposOmics
The final meeting of the EXPOsOMICS project "Final Policy Workshop and Stakeholder Consultation" took place 28-29 March 2017 to present the main results of the project and discuss their implications both for future research and for regulatory and policy activities. This paper summarizes presentations and discussions at the meeting related with the main results and advances in exposome research achieved through the EXPOsOMICS project; on other par…
A multivariate approach to investigate the combined biological effects of multiple exposures
Epidemiological studies provide evidence that environmental exposures may affect health through complex mixtures. Formal investigation of the effect of exposure mixtures is usually achieved by modelling interactions, which relies on strong assumptions relating to the identity and the number of the exposures involved in such interactions, and on the order and parametric form of these interactions. These hypotheses become difficult to formulate and…
High-Resolution Air Pollution Mapping with Google Street View Cars
High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Air pollution affects billions of people worldwide, yet ambient pollution measurements are limited for much of the world. Urban air pollution concentrations vary sharply over short distances (≪1 km) owing to unevenly distributed emission sources, dilution, and physicochemical transformations. Accordingly, even where present, conventional fixed-site pollution monitoring methods lack the spatial re…
Maternal cell phone and cordless phone use during pregnancy and behaviour problems in 5-year-old children
BACKGROUND: A previous study found an association between maternal cell phone use during pregnancy and maternal-reported child behaviour problems at age 7. Together with cell phones, cordless phones represent the main exposure source of radiofrequency-electromagnetic fields to the head. Therefore, we assessed the association between maternal cell phone and cordless phone use during pregnancy and teacher-reported and maternal-reported child behavi…
On the position of topics in Japanese
Contrastive topics and non-contrastive topics in Japanese generally receive separate treatments in the literature: although they are both marked by the particle wa , the former carry tone prominence and only optionally move to clause-initial position, while the latter (Kuno's [1973] 'theme') do not carry tone prominence and typically occupy clause-initial position. This paper presents arguments that contrary to this standard view, topics in Japan…
STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology
Advances in laboratory techniques have led to a rapidly increasing use of biomarkers in epidemiological studies. Biomarkers of internal dose, early biological change, susceptibility, and clinical outcomes are used as proxies for investigating the interactions between external and/or endogenous agents and the body components or processes. The need for improved reporting of scientific research led to influential statements of recommendations such a…
P2-246 The Nightingale Study
A new prospective cohort study (the Nightingale Study) among nurses in the Netherlands was initiated in collaboration with the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS, Utrecht University) and the nationwide register of healthcare professionals (BIG-register of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague). Exposure to light-at-night has been suggested as a contributing cause of breast cancer (IARC classification “probable human carci…
Nonconstituent Coordination in Japanese
April 01 2008 Nonconstituent Coordination in Japanese: A Case of Phonological Reordering Reiko Vermeulen Reiko Vermeulen University College London Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Reiko Vermeulen University College London Online Issn: 1530-9150 Print Issn: 0024-3892 © 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2008 Linguistic Inquiry (2008) 39 (2): 345–354. https://doi.org/10.1162/li…
Possessive and adjunct multiple nominative constructions in Japanese
Validity of hypotheses
Possessive and adjunct multiple nominative constructions in Japanese
On the position of topics in Japanese
Contrastive topics and non-contrastive topics in Japanese generally receive separate treatments in the literature: although they are both marked by the particle wa , the former carry tone prominence and only optionally move to clause-initial position, while the latter (Kuno's [1973] 'theme') do not carry tone prominence and typically occupy clause-initial position. This paper presents arguments that contrary to this standard view, topics in Japan…
Maternal cell phone and cordless phone use during pregnancy and behaviour problems in 5-year-old children
BACKGROUND: A previous study found an association between maternal cell phone use during pregnancy and maternal-reported child behaviour problems at age 7. Together with cell phones, cordless phones represent the main exposure source of radiofrequency-electromagnetic fields to the head. Therefore, we assessed the association between maternal cell phone and cordless phone use during pregnancy and teacher-reported and maternal-reported child behavi…
Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Reporting Standards (Isle-ReSt) statement
Spatial lifecourse epidemiology is an interdisciplinary field that utilizes advanced spatial, location-based, and artificial intelligence technologies to investigate the long-term effects of environmental, behavioural, psychosocial, and biological factors on health-related states and events and the underlying mechanisms. With the growing number of studies reporting findings from this field and the critical need for public health and policy decisi…
A multivariate approach to investigate the combined biological effects of multiple exposures
Epidemiological studies provide evidence that environmental exposures may affect health through complex mixtures. Formal investigation of the effect of exposure mixtures is usually achieved by modelling interactions, which relies on strong assumptions relating to the identity and the number of the exposures involved in such interactions, and on the order and parametric form of these interactions. These hypotheses become difficult to formulate and…
Nonconstituent Coordination in Japanese
April 01 2008 Nonconstituent Coordination in Japanese: A Case of Phonological Reordering Reiko Vermeulen Reiko Vermeulen University College London Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Reiko Vermeulen University College London Online Issn: 1530-9150 Print Issn: 0024-3892 © 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2008 Linguistic Inquiry (2008) 39 (2): 345–354. https://doi.org/10.1162/li…
Validity of hypotheses
Possessive and adjunct multiple nominative constructions in Japanese
Nonconstituent Coordination in Japanese
April 01 2008 Nonconstituent Coordination in Japanese: A Case of Phonological Reordering Reiko Vermeulen Reiko Vermeulen University College London Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Reiko Vermeulen University College London Online Issn: 1530-9150 Print Issn: 0024-3892 © 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2008 Linguistic Inquiry (2008) 39 (2): 345–354. https://doi.org/10.1162/li…
STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology
Advances in laboratory techniques have led to a rapidly increasing use of biomarkers in epidemiological studies. Biomarkers of internal dose, early biological change, susceptibility, and clinical outcomes are used as proxies for investigating the interactions between external and/or endogenous agents and the body components or processes. The need for improved reporting of scientific research led to influential statements of recommendations such a…
P2-246 The Nightingale Study
A new prospective cohort study (the Nightingale Study) among nurses in the Netherlands was initiated in collaboration with the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS, Utrecht University) and the nationwide register of healthcare professionals (BIG-register of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague). Exposure to light-at-night has been suggested as a contributing cause of breast cancer (IARC classification “probable human carci…
Maternal cell phone and cordless phone use during pregnancy and behaviour problems in 5-year-old children
BACKGROUND: A previous study found an association between maternal cell phone use during pregnancy and maternal-reported child behaviour problems at age 7. Together with cell phones, cordless phones represent the main exposure source of radiofrequency-electromagnetic fields to the head. Therefore, we assessed the association between maternal cell phone and cordless phone use during pregnancy and teacher-reported and maternal-reported child behavi…
On the position of topics in Japanese
Contrastive topics and non-contrastive topics in Japanese generally receive separate treatments in the literature: although they are both marked by the particle wa , the former carry tone prominence and only optionally move to clause-initial position, while the latter (Kuno's [1973] 'theme') do not carry tone prominence and typically occupy clause-initial position. This paper presents arguments that contrary to this standard view, topics in Japan…
High-Resolution Air Pollution Mapping with Google Street View Cars
High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Air pollution affects billions of people worldwide, yet ambient pollution measurements are limited for much of the world. Urban air pollution concentrations vary sharply over short distances (≪1 km) owing to unevenly distributed emission sources, dilution, and physicochemical transformations. Accordingly, even where present, conventional fixed-site pollution monitoring methods lack the spatial re…
ExposOmics
The final meeting of the EXPOsOMICS project "Final Policy Workshop and Stakeholder Consultation" took place 28-29 March 2017 to present the main results of the project and discuss their implications both for future research and for regulatory and policy activities. This paper summarizes presentations and discussions at the meeting related with the main results and advances in exposome research achieved through the EXPOsOMICS project; on other par…
A multivariate approach to investigate the combined biological effects of multiple exposures
Epidemiological studies provide evidence that environmental exposures may affect health through complex mixtures. Formal investigation of the effect of exposure mixtures is usually achieved by modelling interactions, which relies on strong assumptions relating to the identity and the number of the exposures involved in such interactions, and on the order and parametric form of these interactions. These hypotheses become difficult to formulate and…
DNA Methylation in Inflammatory Pathways Modifies the Association between BMI and Adult-Onset Non-Atopic Asthma
A high body mass (BMI) index has repeatedly been associated with non-atopic asthma, but the biological mechanism linking obesity to asthma is still poorly understood. We aimed to test the hypothesis that inflammation and/or innate immunity plays a role in the obesity-asthma link. DNA methylome was measured in blood samples of 61 non-atopic participants with asthma and 146 non-atopic participants without asthma (non-smokers for at least 10 years) …
Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology Reporting Standards (Isle-ReSt) statement
Spatial lifecourse epidemiology is an interdisciplinary field that utilizes advanced spatial, location-based, and artificial intelligence technologies to investigate the long-term effects of environmental, behavioural, psychosocial, and biological factors on health-related states and events and the underlying mechanisms. With the growing number of studies reporting findings from this field and the critical need for public health and policy decisi…
Network Analysis to Identify Communities Among Multiple Exposure Biomarkers Measured at Birth in Three Flemish General Population Samples
Introduction: Humans are exposed to multiple environmental chemicals via different sources resulting in complex real-life exposure patterns. Insight into these patterns is important for applications such as linkage to health effects and (mixture) risk assessment. By providing internal exposure levels of (metabolites of) chemicals, biomonitoring studies can provide snapshots of exposure patterns and factors that drive them. Presentation of biomoni…
A detour for snacks and beverages? A cross-sectional assessment of selective daily mobility bias in food outlet exposure along the commuting route and dietary intakes
The evidence of selective daily mobility bias distorting exposure-health associations is limited. Using 7-day smartphone-based global positioning system (GPS) tracking data for 67 Dutch adults aged 25-45, we conducted paired Wilcoxon tests to compare the absolute and relative exposure to food outlets along actual and modelled commuting routes. We fitted Tobit regressions to examine their associations with three daily snack and soft drink intake o…
Nature‐versus‐nurture considered harmful
Exposome research is put forward as a major tool for solving the nature‐versus‐nurture debate because the exposome is said to represent “the nature of nurture.” Against this influential idea, we argue that the adoption of the nature‐versus‐nurture debate into the exposome research program is a mistake that needs to be undone to allow for a proper bioethical assessment of exposome research. We first argue that this adoption is originally based on …
Detailed assessment of night shift work aspects and potential mediators of its health effects
Night shift work has been associated with adverse health outcomes, but inconsistencies in epidemiological findings reveal gaps in understanding the mechanisms involved. Beyond shift schedules (e.g., duration and intensity) and nighttime light exposure, we propose assessing ten key aspects to enhance understanding of shift work’s nature and health implications. These include: (1) exposure-related factors (“meal timing and composition during the ni…
Livestock-Related Microbial Air Pollution Exposure and Covid-19 Outcomes
Air pollution exposure and incidence of cardiometabolic diseases
While the antioxidative potential of certain vitamins and minerals in cardio-protection has garnered increasing interest, their ability to attenuate associations between air pollution exposure and cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) remains unexplored. This study examined the associations of air pollution (particulate matter including ultrafine particles (UFP), and nitrogen oxides, including NO2 and NOx) and six dietary antioxidants with incident non…
Medicine (11 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Air pollution (3 works) · Delphi Technique in Research (3 works) · Epidemiology (3 works)