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Assessment of groundwater contamination in an agricultural peri-urban area (NW ...
Barroso, MF; Ramalhosa, MJ; Olhero, A; Antão, MC; Pina, MF; Guimarães, L; Teixeira, J; Afonso, MJ; Delerue-Matos, C; Chaminé, HIThe excessive use of pesticides and fertilisers in agriculture has generated a decrease in groundwater and surface water quality in many regions of the EU, constituting a hazard for human health and the environment. Besides, on-site sewage disposal is an important source of groundwater contamination in urban and peri-urban areas. The assessment of groundwater vulnerability to contamination is an important tool ...
Tools for Address Georeferencing – Limitations and Opportunities Every Public H...
Ribeiro, AI; Olhero, A; Teixeira, H; Magalhães, A; Pina, MFVarious address georeferencing (AG) tools are currently available. But little is known about the quality of each tool. Using data from the EPIPorto cohort we compared the most commonly used AG tools in terms of positional error (PE) and subjects' misclassification according to census tract socioeconomic status (SES), a widely used variable in epidemiologic studies. Participants of the EPIPorto cohort (n = 2427)...