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Endocrine disrupting chemicals in indoor dust and the implications for human ex...
Madureira, Joana; Sousa, Ana Catarina; Silva, Ana Inês; Aguiar, Lívia; Tanoue, Rumi; Kunisue, Tatsuya; Tanabe, Shinsuke; Teixeira, João PauloPersonal care products, including cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, are major sources of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC), such as parabens and triclosan (TCS) (Mitro et al. 2016). The use of these compounds has resulted in extensive environmental occurrence and human exposure. So far, levels of these chemicals in residences has not yet been fully explored, particularly in indoor dust (Chen et al. 2018; Geens ...
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary D...
Sousa, Ana; Souto-Miranda, Sara; Marques, Alda; Valente, Carla; Barros, Rafael; Taborda-Barata, Luís; Tanoue, Rumi; Kunisue, Tatsuya; Tanabe, ShinsukeThe study of indoor environmental quality as well as the development and progression of chronic respiratory diseases have received a great deal of attention in the past few years. However, most of those surveys focus on the effects of particulate matter (PM) and biological contaminants (fungi and bacteria) and evidences on the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in these pathologies are limited. He...
Personal care products in matched human and environmental samples collected und...
Sousa, Ana; Souto-Miranda, Sara; Marques, Alda; Silva, Tatiana; Henriques, Isabel; Barros, Rafael; Taborda-Barata, Luís; Valente, Carla; Rumi TanoueThe indoor environment is an important source of exposure to microbial communities that may deleteriously affect human respiratory health. Recent studies demonstrated that the microbial community structure can be altered by the use of household products such as antimicrobial agents. Hence, in order to understand the modulation of the indoor microbiome by household products and their joint effect in the respirat...
Levels of endocrine disruptors in Portugal: results from the joint collaboratio...
Sousa, Ana Catarina; Ikenaka, Yoshinori; Ichise, Takahiro; Pastorinho, M. Ramiro; Barros, Rafael; Taborda-Barata, Luís; Barroso, Carlos M.Sem resumo disponível.
RESPIRA Project: Understanding the role of environmental contaminants in respir...
Sousa, Ana Catarina; Miranda, Sara; Marques, Alda; Valente, Carla; Amoro, Raquel; Pereira, Cristiana Costa; Teixeira, João Paulo; Silva, TatianaIn the last century, there was a shift from an outdoor to an indoor lifestyle and presently we spend 80- 90% of our lives inside buildings. This artificial habitat has unique features (e.g. insulation, humidity) that promote the accumulation of not only biological agents (e.g. bacteria, fungi) but also chemical contaminants; therefore, it is a prime interface between such agents and humans. However, humans are ...
Levels of TBT and other selected organotin compounds in duplicate diet samples
Sousa, Ana C. A.; Coelho, Sónia; Pastorinho, M. Ramiro; Taborda Barata, Luis; Nogueira, António J.A.; Isobe, Tomohiko; Kunisue, Tatsuya; Takahashi, ShinOrganotin compounds (OTs) are ubiquitous contaminants with a broad range of applications ranging from biocides and pesticides to catalysts for the production of polyurethane foams and silicones. The deleterious effects of some OTs (particularly tributyltin - TBT) upon wildlife and experimental animals are well documented and include endocrine disruption, immunotoxicity, neurotoxicity, genotoxicity and metabolic...