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Issue 1 - “Update on adverse respiratory effects of outdoor air pollution” Part...
Sousa, AC; Pastorinho, MR; Masjedi, MR; Urrutia-Pereira, M; Arrais, M; Nunes, E; To, T; Ferreira, AJ; Robalo-Cordeiro, C; Borrego, C; Teixeira, JPObjective: To analyse the GARD perspective on the health effects of outdoor air pollution, and to synthesise the Portuguese epidemiological contribution to knowledge on its respiratory impact. Results: Ambient air pollution has deleterious respiratory effects which are more apparent in larger, densely populated and industrialised countries, such as Canada, Iran, Brazil and Portugal, but it also affects people l...
A cost-efficiency and health benefit approach to improve urban air quality
Miranda, AI; Ferreira, J; Silveira, C; Relvas, H; Duque, L; Roebeling, P; Lopes, M; Costa, S; Monteiro, A; Gama, C; Sá, E; Borrego, C; Teixeira, JPWhen ambient air quality standards established in the EU Directive 2008/50/EC are exceeded, Member States are obliged to develop and implement Air Quality Plans (AQP) to improve air quality and health. Notwithstanding the achievements in emission reductions and air quality improvement, additional efforts need to be undertaken to improve air quality in a sustainable way – i.e. through a cost-efficiency approach....
Assessment of health benefits related to air quality improvement strategies in ...
Silveira, C; Roebeling, P; Lopes, M; Ferreira, J; Costa, S; Teixeira, JP; Borrego, C; Miranda, AIAir pollution is, increasingly, a concern to our society given the threats to human health and the environment. Concerted actions to improve air quality have been taken at different levels, such as through the development of Air Quality Plans (AQPs). However, air quality impacts associated with the implementation of abatement measures included in AQPs are often neglected. In order to identify the major gaps and...
Integrating health on air quality assessment - Review report on health risks of...
Costa, S; Ferreira, J; Silveira, C; Costa, C; Lopes, D; Relvas, H; Borrego, C; Roebeling, P; Miranda, AI; Paulo Teixeira, JQuantifying the impact of air pollution on the publics health has become an increasingly critical component in policy discussion. Recent data indicate that more than 70% of the world population lives in cities. Several studies reported that current levels of air pollutants in urban areas are associated with adverse health risks, namely, cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer. IARC recently classified outdoor a...
Efeito Conjunto da Exposição à Poluição do Ar e aos Ácaros do Pó Sobre as Vias ...
Carreiro-Martins, P; Valente, J; Papoila, AL; Caires, I; Araújo-Martins, J; Mata, P; Lopes, M; Simões Torres; Rosado-Pinto, J; Borrego, C; Neuparth, NIntrodução: A asma é uma doença respiratória crónica, cujo agravamento pode estar associado a factores ambientais, entre os quais os relacionados com a qualidade do ar. Objectivo: O presente trabalho pretendeu avaliar o efeito da exposição individual a poluentes atmosféricos em termos de função respiratória, num grupo de crianças com história de sibilância, entrando em consideração com o grau de infestação de á...
Medição do Óxido Nítrico no Ar Exalado: Utilização na Avaliação de Crianças com...
Carreiro-Martins, P; Caires, I; Rosado-Pinto, J; Lopes Mata, P; Torres, S; Valente, J; Borrego, C; Neuparth, NEncontram -se publicados múltiplos trabalhos sobre o papel das determinações do óxido nítrico no ar exalado (FENO) no âmbito do estudo da inflamação brônquica que nos permitem afirmar que se trata duma medição simples, não invasiva e de grande utilidade na avaliação do doente asmático.No decurso de um estudo prospectivo sobre o impacto da poluição do ar sobre a saúde da população na cidade de Viseu (Projecto Sa...
Long-term simulations of photo oxidant pollution over Portugal using the CHIMER...
Monteiro, A; Vautard, R; Borrego, C; Miranda, AIThis work examines the performance of the CHIMERE photochemical model in simulating ozone and nitrogen dioxide in Portugal over a long-term summer period. The analysis focuses on comparisons against the available measurements during the 2001 summer season. The meteorological forcing of the model is given by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), and the emission inventory used was obtai...
Air pollution forecast in Portugal: a demand from the new air quality framework...
Monteiro, A; Lopes, M; Miranda, AI; Borrego, C; Vautard, RThis work aims at developing and validating a numerical air quality operational forecasting system that will be applied over Portugal. The CHIMERE model was chosen for the chemistry-transport simulation using the meteorological parameters supplied by the MM5 mesoscale meteorological model, forced by the AVN/NCEP global forecasts. An experiment of 48-hour real-time forecast simulations was performed, on a daily ...