Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.; Comprehensive, comparable, and timely estimates of demographic metrics—including life expectancy and age-specific mortality—are essential for evaluating, understanding, and addressing trends in population health. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of timely and all-cau...
This research was funded by national funds from FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of the PAHMIX project - Mixtures of Environmental Carcinogens: a molecular approach to improve environmental risk assessment strategies (PTDC/CTA- AMB /29,173/2017). Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) represent persistent environmental pollutants ubiquitous...