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Abstract(s)
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important determinant of children’s health since children spend around 90 % of their time in the indoor environment. In schools, children may be exposed to bioaerosols (such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi), in their classrooms, libraries, canteen, gymnasiums/sports hall, and toilets. Portugal only established protection thresholds and reference conditions for indoor air pollution in commercial and service buildings and assessment methodology through Portaria n.º 138-G/2021, neglecting schools as a specific indoor environment. This project aims to apply a multi-approach protocol (sampling and assays), to assess microbial contamination (bacteria and fungi) in Portuguese elementary schools and to suggest guidance for exposure assessors from the field to the lab.
Description
This work is supported by national funds through FCT/MCTES/FSE/UE, 2023.01366.BD; UI/BD/153746/2022 and CE3C unit UIDB/00329/2020
(https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/00329/2020); UI/BD/151431/2021 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UI/BD/151431/2021); and Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, national support through IPL/2022/InChildhealth/BI/12M; IPL/IDI&CA2023/FoodAIIEU_ESTeSL; IPL/IDI&CA2023/ASPRisk_ESTeSL; and IPL/IDI&CA2023/ARAFSawmills_ESTeSL.
Keywords
Environmental health Exposure assessment Schools Children Air quality Indoor air Portugal IPL/2022/InChildhealth/BI/12M IPL/IDI&CA2023/FoodAIIEU_ESTeSL IPL/IDI&CA2023/ASPRisk_ESTeSL IPL/IDI&CA2023/ARAFSawmills_ESTeSL
Citation
Pena P, Cervantes R, Viegas C. Sampling elementary schools: a comprehensive approach for microbial indoor air quality assessment. In: V H&TRC Bootcamp 2023, Caldas da Rainha, 10 de julho de 2023.