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Exposure assessment of the European adult population to deoxynivalenol

Namorado, Sónia; Martins, Carla; Ogura, Joana; Assunção, Ricardo; Vasco, Elsa; Appenzeller, Brice; I Halldorsson, Thorhallur; Janasik, Beata

Mycotoxins are natural toxins produced by fungi that may cause adverse health effects thus constituting a public health concern. Deoxynivalenol (DON), a mycotoxin affecting the immune system and causing intestinal disorders, was selected as a priority under the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU). Urinary total DON levels (tDON) of 1270 participants from six countries were used to characterize the ...


Avaliação da exposição da população portuguesa a substâncias químicas: resultad...

Namorado, Sónia; Ogura, Joana; Silva, Susana; Coelho, Inês; Delgado, Inês; Gueifão, Sandra; Ventura, Marta; Martins, Carla; Viegas, Susana

Introdução: Tem sido amplamente reconhecido que a exposição humana a determinados químicos tem um impacto negativo na saúde humana. Importa, pois, caracterizar e monitorização a exposição da população por forma a, se necessário, suportar o desenvolvimento de medidas que levem à redução dessa exposição. Objetivo: Caracterizar a exposição da população adulta portuguesa a um conjunto de substâncias químicas consid...


Assessing exposure to environmental contaminants in portuguese mother-infant pa...

Namorado, Sónia; Pastorinho, M. Ramiro; Simões, Mariana; Coelho, Susana; Lamy, Elsa; Silva, Susana Pereira; Ogura, Joana; Nunes, Baltazar

Objective: Today chemicals play a major role in our daily lives, being present in the air we breathe, in the food we eat and in the products we use. As such, it is essential to know the levels of chemicals present in our bodies and assess the risks associated. For that, Human Biomonitoring (HBM), the measurement of the concentrations of chemicals in human biological samples, is a very useful technique. Neverthe...


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