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Seasonal variation of total particulate matter and children respiratory diseases at Lisbon primary schools using passive methods

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dc.contributor.authorCanha, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida-Silva, Marina
dc.contributor.authorFreitas, Maria do Carmo
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Susana Marta
dc.contributor.authorWolterbeek, H. Th.
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-18T14:59:28Z
dc.date.available2012-01-18T14:59:28Z
dc.date.issued2011-04
dc.description.abstractIn this work, 14 primary schools of Lisbon city, Portugal, followed a questionnaire of the ISAAC - International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Program, in 2009/2010. The questionnaire contained questions to identify children with respiratory diseases (wheeze, asthma and rhinitis). Total particulate matter (TPM) was passively collected inside two classrooms of each of 14 primary schools. Two types of filter matrices were used to collect TPM: Millipore (IsoporeTM) polycarbonate and quartz. Three campaigns were selected for the measurement of TPM: Spring, Autumn and Winter. The highest difference between the two types of filters is that the mass of collected particles was higher in quartz filters than in polycarbonate filters, even if their correlation is excellent. The highest TPM depositions occurred between October 2009 and March 2010, when related with rhinitis proportion. Rhinitis was found to be related to TPM when the data were grouped seasonally and averaged for all the schools. For the data of 2006/2007, the seasonal variation was found to be related to outdoor particle deposition (below 10 μm).por
dc.identifier.citationCanha N, Almeida-Silva M, Freitas MC, Almeida SM, Wolterbeek HTh. Seasonal variation of total particulate matter and children respiratory diseases at Lisbon primary schools using passive methods. Procedia Environ Sci. 2011;4:170-83.por
dc.identifier.issn1878-0296
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/1071
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherElsevierpor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878029611000478por
dc.subjectSaúde ambientalpor
dc.subjectMeio escolarpor
dc.subjectEnvironmental healthpor
dc.subjectPrimary schoolspor
dc.subjectIndoor environmentpor
dc.subjectParticulate matterpor
dc.subjectPassive samplerspor
dc.subjectAsthmapor
dc.subjectRhinitispor
dc.titleSeasonal variation of total particulate matter and children respiratory diseases at Lisbon primary schools using passive methodspor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage183por
oaire.citation.startPage170por
oaire.citation.titleProcedia Environmental Sciencespor
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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