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The InChildHealth Walkthrough Survey: towards a standardized characterization o...

The Horizon Europe project InChildHealth aims to study indoor air quality in European schools and the effects of physical, chemical, and microbiological parameters on the health of school children aged 6-13. As European schools can vary considerably in terms of size, age, materials, equipment, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), cleaning procedures, etc., a questionnaire was developed for a standa...

Identifying the gaps regarding exposure to aeroallergens in schools: systematic...

Background: Allergic diseases are a major concern in high-income countries, and their occurrence continues to increase worldwide. Despite previous studies reporting the health effects of exposure to both chemical and (micro)biological agents, aeroallergens have been less well studied. Most studies have focused on exposure to indoor allergens at home. However, exposure can happen in other environments, including...

The Influence of Obesity in the Autonomic Nervous System Activity in School-Age...

Introduction: Obesity is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in childhood, being an important public health issue. Excessive weight has been associated with autonomic dysfunction but the evidence in children is scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of overweight and obesity on the autonomic nervous system activity, in children.Material and Methods: Data from a cross-sectional ...

Diet quality and airway inflammation in school aged children

Settled dust assessment in clinical environment: useful for the evaluation of a...

The collection and analysis of settled dust samples from indoor environments has become one of several environmental sampling methods used to assess bioburden indoors. The aim of the study was to characterize the bioburden in vacuumed settled dust from 10 Primary Health Care Centers by culture-based and molecular methods. Results for bacterial load ranged from 1 to 12 CFU.g−1 of dust and Gram-negative bacteria ...

Bacterial contamination in health care centers: differences between urban and r...

This study aims to assess the airborne bioburden of rural and urban Portuguese Primary Health Care Centers (PHCC) using active and passive sampling methods and identify the potential differences in airborne microbiota between both environments. The highest total aerobic mesophilic bacterial load in indoor air was found in the Vaccination Room (448 CFU.m−3) in the Rural PHCC and in the Waiting Room (420 CFU.m−3)...

Exposure assessment in one central hospital: a multi-approach protocol to achie...

The bioburden in a Hospital building originates not only from patients, visitors and staff, but is also disseminated by several indoor hospital characteristics and outdoor environmental sources. This study intends to assess the exposure to bioburden in one central hospital with a multi-approach protocol using active and passive sampling methods. The microbial contamination was also characterized through molecul...

Exposure assessment in one central hospital: A multi-approach protocol to achie...

The bioburden in a Hospital building originates not only from patients, visitors and staff, but is also disseminated by several indoor hospital characteristics and outdoor environmental sources. This study intends to assess the exposure to bioburden in one central Hospital with a multi-approach protocol using active and passive sampling methods. The microbial contamination was also characterized through molecul...

The association between vegetable diversity intake and the sympathetic nervous ...

Obesity is Associated with sympathetic nervous Activation in school Aged Children