Investigating the association between ambient particulate matter (PM10) exposure and blood pressure values: Results from the link between the Portuguese Health Examination Survey and air quality data

Autor: Vânia Gaio, Rita Roquette, Alexandra Monteiro, Joana Ferreira, Carlos Matias Dias, Baltazar Nunes

Publikováno v: Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, Vol 42, Iss 3, Pp 251-258 (2023)

Introduction and objectives: High blood pressure (BP) remains a major modifiable cardiovascular (CV) risk factor. Several epidemiologic studies have been performed to assess the association between air pollution exposure and this CV risk factor but r

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Arsenic exposure in the Portuguese population: INSEF-ExpoQuim preliminary results

Autor: Namorado, Sónia, Delgado, Inês, Coelho. Inês, Gueifão, Sandra, Ventura, Marta, Alves, Clara Alves, Castilho, Emília, Cordeiro, Eugénio, Dinis, Ana, Gouveia, Bruna, Prokopenko, Tamara, Vargas, Patrícia, Silva, Susana

O arsénio é um elemento naturalmente presente no meio ambiente e que também pode ser libertado em resultado de atividades antropogénicas, podendo encontrar-se na forma de compostos orgânicos ou inorgânicos. O arsénio é considerado pela Organi

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https://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/8399

Harmonization of Human Biomonitoring Studies in Europe: Characteristics of the HBM4EU-Aligned Studies Participants

Autor: Liese Gilles, Eva Govarts, Laura Rodriguez Martin, Anna-Maria Andersson, Brice M. R. Appenzeller, Fabio Barbone, Argelia Castaño, Dries Coertjens, Elly Den Hond, Vazha Dzhedzheia, Ivan Eržen, Marta Esteban López, Lucia Fábelová, Clémence Fillol, Carmen Franken, Hanne Frederiksen, Catherine Gabriel, Line Småstuen Haug, Milena Horvat, Thórhallur Ingi Halldórsson, Beata Janasik, Nataša Janev Holcer, Réka Kakucs, Spyros Karakitsios, Andromachi Katsonouri, Jana Klánová, Tina Kold-Jensen, Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Corina Konstantinou, Jani Koponen, Sanna Lignell, Anna Karin Lindroos, Konstantinos C. Makris, Darja Mazej, Bert Morrens, Ľubica Palkovičová Murínová, Sónia Namorado, Susana Pedraza-Diaz, Jasmin Peisker, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Loïc Rambaud, Valentina Rosolen, Enrico Rucic, Maria Rüther, Dimosthenis Sarigiannis, Janja Snoj Tratnik, Arnout Standaert, Lorraine Stewart, Tamás Szigeti, Cathrine Thomsen, Hanna Tolonen, Ása Eiríksdóttir, An Van Nieuwenhuyse, Veerle J. Verheyen, Jelle Vlaanderen, Nina Vogel, Wojciech Wasowicz, Till Weber, Jan-Paul Zock, Ovnair Sepai, Greet Schoeters

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 11; Pages: 6787
International journal of environmental research and public health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Repisalud
Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)

Human biomonitoring has become a pivotal tool for supporting chemicals’ policies. It provides information on real-life human exposures and is increasingly used to prioritize chemicals of health concern and to evaluate the success of chemical polici

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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3013979

Exposure to ambient particulate matter increases blood count parameters with potential to mediate a cardiovascular event: results from a population-based study in Portugal

Autor: Carlos Matias Dias, Sandra Rafael, Alexandra Monteiro, Joana Ferreira, Vânia Gaio, Rita Roquette, Baltazar Nunes

Publikováno v: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
instacron:RCAAP

Variations in blood count parameters are potential mechanisms involved in the occurrence of cardiovascular events caused by particulate matter (PM) exposure. This study aims to estimate the effect of PM10 exposure on blood count parameters with poten

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Widening the Spectrum of TMPRSS6 Gene Pathogenic Variants Related with Hereditary Iron Deficiency

Autor: Pessoa, Vera, Oliveira, Alexandra, Santos, Daniela, Mendonça, Joana, Machado, Miguel P., Ferrão, José, Vieira, Luís, Lopes, Pedro, Kislaya, Irina, Matias-Dias, Carlos, Barreto, Marta, Faustino, Paula

Iron-Refractory Iron-Deficiency Anemia (IRIDA) is a rare autosomal recessive hypochromic microcytic anemia derived from loss-of-function mutations in the TMPRSS6 gene, which encodes Matriptase-2, a negative regulator of hepcidin expression. IRIDA pat

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https://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7964