TY - JOUR
T1 - Outdoor artificial light at night
T2 - A forgotten factor in green space and health research
AU - Stanhope, Jessica
AU - Liddicoat, Craig
AU - Weinstein, Philip
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Exposure to green space has been associated with a range of human health benefits, largely in spatial epidemiological studies. Green space and artificial light at night are both associated with breast and prostate cancer, depressive symptoms, obesity, and sleep problems, and are both influenced by the built environment and urbanisation. We identified a negative correlation between green space diversity and outdoor artificial light at night for Australian major cities. Outdoor artificial light at night is therefore a potential, but overlooked, confounder in spatial epidemiological studies of green space exposure and human health, and should be incorporated into future models.
AB - Exposure to green space has been associated with a range of human health benefits, largely in spatial epidemiological studies. Green space and artificial light at night are both associated with breast and prostate cancer, depressive symptoms, obesity, and sleep problems, and are both influenced by the built environment and urbanisation. We identified a negative correlation between green space diversity and outdoor artificial light at night for Australian major cities. Outdoor artificial light at night is therefore a potential, but overlooked, confounder in spatial epidemiological studies of green space exposure and human health, and should be incorporated into future models.
KW - Green space
KW - Health
KW - Light at night
KW - Spatial epidemiology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103328593&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111012
DO - 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111012
M3 - Article
C2 - 33716029
AN - SCOPUS:85103328593
SN - 0013-9351
VL - 197
JO - Environmental Research
JF - Environmental Research
M1 - 111012
ER -
