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Issue 1 - “Update on adverse respiratory effects of outdoor air pollution” Part...
Sousa, A.C.; Pastorinho, M.R.; Masjedi, M.R.; Urrutia-Pereira, M.; Arrais, M.; Nunes, E.; To, T.; Ferreira, A.J.; Robalo-Cordeiro, C.; Borrego, C.Objective: To analyse the GARD perspective on the health effects of outdoor air pollution, and to synthesise the Portuguese epidemiological contribution to knowledge on its respiratory impact. Results: Ambient air pollution has deleterious respiratory effects which are more apparent in larger, densely populated and industrialised countries, such as Canada, Iran, Brazil and Portugal, but it also affects people l...
microRESPIRA: Microbial community in houses from patients with chronic respirat...
Sousa, A.C.A.; Henriques, I.; Amaro, R.; Coelho, S.D.; Maricoto, T.; Pereira, C.C.; Silva, T.; Taborda-Barata, L.; Teixeira, J.P.; Valente, C.Main goal: To provide a global picture on the prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases in Estarreja and to characterize, for the 1st time, the indoor microbiome (fungi and bacteria).
Fungal communities in house dust samples from patients with asthma: preliminary...
Amaro, R.; Coelho, S.D.; Teixeira, J. P.; Pereira, C.C.; Pastorinho, M.R.; Taborda-Barata, L.; Sousa, A.C.A.People spend about 90% of their time indoors, being exposed to a large number of indoor contaminants, including fungi. Some fungi are associated with a wide range of adverse health effects, including the risk of asthma onset or exacerbation. Many studies support this fact, showing associations between the exposure to indoor damp and mould and the risk of asthma.
House dust fungal communities’ characterization: a double take on the six by si...
Amaro, R.; Coelho, S.D.; Pastorinho, M.R.; Taborda-Barata, L.; Vaz-Patto, M.A.; Monteiro, M.; Nepomuceno, M.; Lanzinha, J.C.G.; Teixeira, J.P.Fungi are a group microbes, that are found with particular incidence in the indoor environment. Their direct toxicity or capability of generating toxic compounds has been associated with a large number of adverse health effects, such as infectious diseases, allergies and other toxic effects. Our study aims to quantify and identify the fungal community on house dust samples collected using two different methodol...
Biomonitoring of several toxic metal(loid)s in different biological matrices fr...
Coelho, P.; Costa, S.; Costa, C.; Silva, S.; Walter, A.; Ranville, J.; Pastorinho, M.R.; Harrington, C.; Taylor, A.; Dall'Armi, V.; Zoffoli, R.In the Panasqueira mine area of central Portugal, some environmental media show higher metal(loid) concentrations when compared with the local geochemical background and the values proposed in the literature for these environmental media. In order to evaluate the effect of the external contamination on selected indexes of internal dose, As, Cd, Cu, Cr, Fe, Hg, Mg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, S, Se, Si, and Zn were quantifi...