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Social Networks: The impact of political marketing on voter opinion formation

This study aims to understand the impact of digital marketing on the Portuguese political scene, as well as understanding the influence of social networks on the voter opinion formation process. The main objectives of this research are to collect current information on the use of digital marketing as a communication tool by political parties and their candidates and also to assess the influence of social networ...

HBM4EU chromates study: the Portuguese integrated and harmonized study on expos...

In the scope of the European Union (EU) human biomonitoring initiative, a multicentric study on different occupational settings from several European countries was performed, to provide information on occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)], a known lung carcinogen. Biomonitoring approaches were used to obtain exposure data to support the implementation of new risk management measures and policy a...

Biomonitorização humana e genotoxicidade ambiental: quatro décadas de investiga...

Assessing exposure and early biological effects in waste management workers usi...

Objective: Human biomonitoring provides measurements of internal exposure to all chemicals by all routes of exposures and also addresses associated early biological effects. An occupational biomonitoring study requires a comprehensive and harmonised planning, including participants’ recruitment, sampling strategy, biomarkers definition and analysis, data collection, management, and reporting, in order to genera...

PARC Waste Management Survey: early health effects among workers from waste man...

In a society increasingly generating waste, the Circular Economy Action Plan advocates for a more sustainable management of waste. Recycling of plastics and electronic devices (e-waste) is a rapidly growing sector, with more workers involved in tasks possibly favouring exposure to hazardous chemicals, (i.e. bisphenols, heavy metals, etc.). Under the framework of the European Partnership for the Assessment of Ri...

Economia circular e reciclagem de resíduos eletrónicos: o papel da biomonitoriz...

A reciclagem dos resíduos produzidos pela sociedade moderna, incluindo os resíduos elétricos e eletrónicos (REEE), é fundamental para a economia circular, um dos pilares do Pacto Ecológico Europeu. Porém, pode também representar um problema de saúde ocupacional, devido à exposição dos trabalhadores a metais (p.ex. chumbo e cádmio) e a compostos orgânicos (p.ex. ftalatos, PCBs) tóxicos. Como consequência, poderã...

Genotoxicity in peripheral blood leukocytes and reticulocytes of e-waste manage...

The European Commission has recently adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan, which recognizes the critical role of material circulation in achieving sustainable development. The waste management sector will play a pivotal role in this, and an increase in the number of workers involved in waste recycling is expected. However, a recent multi-centric study conducted as part of the European Human Biomonitoring ...

How can multi-national occupational studies support policy making in Europe? Ex...

Providing policy relevant data on chemical exposures was a major aim of the EU biomonitor-ing initiative, HBM4EU. Similarly, the recently launched “Partnership for the risk assessment of chemicals” (PARC) emphasizes the relevance of the research findings to regulatory deci-sion making. Occupational biomonitoring studies performed under HBM4EU were focused on HBM4EU priority substances with specific regulatory r...

Nursing care in the prevention of skin tears in the elderly: integrative review...

Introduction Skin tears are considered injuries of traumatic etiology that can result from a variety of mechanical forces, such as shear or friction forces, blunt trauma, falls, improper handling, injury caused by equipment or removal of adherent dressings. These are acute wounds that have a high probability of becoming complex chronic wounds. They cause pain, increase healthcare costs, reduce quality of life a...

Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescribing in Older Adults According to E...

Background: Portugal has among the highest rates of dependency among older adults in Europe. Older adults with aging-related comorbidities are prone to the use of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM). Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze PIM prescriptions in older Portuguese adults, as well as the change rate of PIM prescriptions over time, and assess the geographical variability between the di...