EQUAL-LIFE

The Equal-Life project is as ambitious as it is large, comprising 20 partners from 11 European countries. Between 2020 and 2025, the consortium will examine birth-cohorts of over 250 000 children from seven different countries, as well as longitudinal school data sets and cross-sectional studies from four other countries. Equal-Life's ultimate goal is to develop a toolbox that will help evaluate the effects of physical and social environmental exposure at different levels. Results will provide a basis for new policies to prevent and/or reduce negative mental health impact on children from preconception to adolescence... Equal-Life is part of the European Human Exposome Network (EHEN), comprised of nine projects selected from one call. The European Union has helped create this network through its Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The initiative represents a significant EU-endorsement to the relatively young field of exposome research. The goal of all nine..