Funding Information: We are grateful to participants in all cohorts included in the four studies (HELIX, Generation XXI, ALSPAC and Generation R) across countries who have generously given their time and collaborated in the studies. The HELIX cohort received funding from the European Community\u2019s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007\u20132013) [grant number 308333]. Joana Llaurad\u00F3-Pont has received su...
Funding Information: GQ received a predoctoral fellowship from La Caixa INPhINIT; received support for attending meetings and/or travel from St Jude Children and Research Hospital and Associa\u00E7\u00E3o Portuguesa de Pais e Doentes com Hemoglo-binopatias. Funding Information: The original study was conducted as part of the Specialization Course in Public Health, offered by the National School of Public Health...
Funding: Generation XXI was funded by the Health Operational Programme–Saúde XXI, Community Support Framework III and the Regional Department of Ministry of Health. This study was also supported through FEDER–COMPETE and through national funding from the Foundation for Science and Technology–FCT (Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science) within the project “FOCAcCIa: (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031949), and through...
Funding Information: This research was funded by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (Grant Agreement Number?GA/EFSA/AFSCO/2017/01?GA02) (The authors declare that this manuscript reflects only the authors? view and EFSA is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.). R.A., P.A. and C.M. also thanks FCT/MCTES for the financial support to CESAM (UIDP/50017/2020 + UIDB/50017/202...
Funding: The present project was granted by the Public Health Initiatives Programme (PT06), financed by EEA Grants Financial Mechanism 2009–2014.; A 14-Item Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) questionnaire was developed and validated in face-to-face interviews, but not via telephone. The aims of this study were to evaluate the validity and reliability of a telephone-administered version of the MEDAS ...
Zearalenone and alternariol are mycotoxins produced by Fusarium and Alternaria species, respectively, that present estrogenic activity and consequently are classified as endocrine disruptors. To estimate the exposure of the Portuguese population to these two mycotoxins at a national level, a modelling approach, based on data from 94 Portuguese volunteers, was developed considering as inputs: i) the food consump...