@book {Teixeira2015, title = {GERIA - Geria Study in Portugal on Health Effects of Air Quality in Elderly Care Centers}, year = {2015}, note = {

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}, publisher = {ISPUP - Instituto de Sa{\'u}de P{\'u}blica da Universidade do Porto}, organization = {ISPUP - Instituto de Sa{\'u}de P{\'u}blica da Universidade do Porto}, address = {Published by Instituto de Sa}, abstract = {

As people have become increasingly aware, the age of the European population is rising and the percentage of adults aged 65 years and older is expected to increase. In addition, older people spend about 20 hours per day indoors, and many of them spend essentially their time in elderly care centers (ECC). In this sense, the study of indoor environments and how elder people may be particularly at risk of adverse health effects from pollutants, even at low exposures, due to multiple underlying chronic diseases is becoming an important issue to be addressed by research. Such conditions are highly prevalent, multifactorial, and associated with multiple comorbidities and poor outcomes, such as increased disability and decreased quality of life. The importance of this topic was heightened in 2012 by the World Health Day in 2012 Ageing and health with the theme "Good health adds life to years" and also the ?European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations?. Accordingly, this project is suitable to integrate these initiatives and to ensure greater recognition of what older people bring to society and create more supportive conditions for them. To our knowledge, this is the first study in Portugal to assess effects of indoor air contaminants on health status and quality of life in older persons living in ECC. The aim of GERIA project is to carry out a risk assessment, often difficult for older people, involving the identification of multiple factors potentially affecting health and quality of life, the quantification of human exposure to pollutants, and the evaluation of the individual?s response to these stimuli. The results of this project contribute to the understanding of health effects due to indoor environment variables and to provide health benefits to ECC residents with relatively simple measures.

}, url = {www.geria.webnode.com}, author = {Teixeira, Jo{\~a}o and Neuparth, Nuno and Botelho, Amalia and Papoila, Ana and Martins, Pedro and Paix{\~a}o, Paulo and Caires, Iolanda and Aelenei, Daniel and Viegas, Jo{\~a}o and Cano, Manuela and Mendes, Ana}, editor = {Teixeira, Jo and Neuparth, Nuno and Botelho, Am and Papoila, Ana and Martins, Pedro and Paix and Caires, Iolanda and Aelenei, Daniel and Viegas, Jo and Cano, Manuela and Mendes, Ana} } @article {carreiro2014co2, title = {CO2 concentration in day care centres is related to wheezing in attending children}, journal = {European journal of pediatrics}, volume = {173}, number = {8}, year = {2014}, note = {

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}, pages = {1041{\textendash}1049}, publisher = {Springer}, keywords = {Children, Environmental health, Indoor air quality, Kindergarten, Ventilation}, doi = {10.1007/s00431-014-2288-4}, author = {Carreiro-Martins, Pedro and Viegas, Jo{\~a}o and Papoila, Ana Luisa and Aelenei, Daniel and Caires, Iolanda and Ara{\'u}jo-Martins, Jos{\'e} and Gaspar-Marques, Jo{\~a}o and Cano, Maria Manuela and Mendes, Ana Sofia and Virella, Daniel and others} } @article {araujo2014environment, title = {Environment and Health in Children Day Care Centres (ENVIRH){\textendash}Study rationale and protocol}, journal = {Revista portuguesa de pneumologia}, volume = {20}, number = {6}, year = {2014}, note = {n/a}, pages = {311{\textendash}323}, publisher = {Elsevier}, abstract = {

Background Indoor air quality (IAQ) is considered an important determinant of human health. The association between exposure to volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, house dust mite, molds and bacteria in day care centers (DCC) is not completely clear. The aim of this project was to study these effects. Methods ? study design This study comprised two phases. Phase I included an evaluation of 45 DCCs (25 from Lisbon and 20 from Oporto, targeting 5161 children). In this phase, building characteristics, indoor CO2 and air temperature/relative humidity, were assessed. A children{\textquoteright}s respiratory health questionnaire derived from the ISAAC (International Study on Asthma and Allergies in Children) was also distributed. Phase II encompassed two evaluations and included 20 DCCs selected from phase I after a cluster analysis (11 from Lisbon and 9 from Oporto, targeting 2287 children). In this phase, data on ventilation, IAQ, thermal comfort parameters, respiratory and allergic health, airway inflammation biomarkers, respiratory virus infection patterns and parental and child stress were collected. Results In Phase I, building characteristics, occupant behavior and ventilation surrogates were collected from all DCCs. The response rate of the questionnaire was 61.7\% (3186 children). Phase II included 1221 children. Association results between DCC characteristics, IAQ and health outcomes will be provided in order to support recommendations on IAQ and children{\textquoteright}s health. A building ventilation model will also be developed. Discussion This paper outlines methods that might be implemented by other investigators conducting studies on the association between respiratory health and indoor air quality at DCC.

}, doi = {10.1016/j.rppneu.2014.02.006}, author = {Araujo-Martins, J and Martins, P Carreiro and Viegas, J and Aelenei, D. and Cano, MM and Teixeira, JP and Paix{\~a}o, P and Papoila, AL and Leiria-Pinto, P and Pedro, C and others} } @article {mendes2014environmental, title = {Environmental and Ventilation Assessment in Child Day Care Centers in Porto: The Envirh Project}, journal = {Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A}, volume = {77}, number = {14-16}, year = {2014}, note = {n/a}, pages = {931{\textendash}943}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, abstract = {

Children attending day care centers (CDCC) have been reported to be more prone to infectious diseases when compared with those cared for at home, and are exposed to conditions that may increase the risk of allergies and asthma. Several studies revealed that consequences of poor ventilation conditions include high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and many other indoor pollutants commonly detected in schools. Nine child day care centers were selected randomly to participate in this study. Fifty-two classrooms were assessed for chemical, biological, physical, and allergen parameters in spring and winter seasons in these nine CDCC located in Porto, Portugal. Outdoor measurements were also conducted for comparison. Our results indicated that (i) particulate matter (PM10) median levels were above the national reference levels, both by classroom type and by season; (ii) TVOC kindergarten peak values may raise some concern; (iii) CO2 was present at high median and maximum levels during spring and winter assessment in both nurseries and kindergartens classrooms; (iv) total bacteria concentrations were 57- and 52-fold higher in the nursery and kindergarten than outdoors, respectively, for the spring season; (v) winter and spring median predicted mean vote (PMV) indices were between "neutral" (0) and "slightly cool" (? -1) in the thermal sensation scale for comfort situations (-2 to 2) for both types of classrooms; (vi) there were significant differences for both PMV and predicted percentage of dissatisfied (PPD) indices by season; and (vii) CO2, total bacteria, and gram-negative bacteria were associated with low airflow rates. These data will help to evaluate the effectiveness of current building operation practices in child day care centers regarding indoor air quality and respiratory health.

}, doi = {10.1080/15287394.2014.911134}, author = {Mendes, Ana and Aelenei, Daniel and Papoila, Ana Luisa and Carreiro-Martins, Pedro and Aguiar, Livia and Pereira, Cristiana and Neves, Paula and Azevedo, Susana and Cano, Manuela and Proenca, Carmo and others} } @book {Neuparth2013, title = {Environment and Health in Children Day Care Centers - Ambiente e Sa}, year = {2013}, note = {

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}, month = {July}, publisher = {Faculdade de Ci{\^e}ncias M{\'e}dicas}, organization = {Faculdade de Ci{\^e}ncias M{\'e}dicas}, address = {Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa}, url = {http://envirh.fcm.unl.pt/index.php?option=com_content\&view=article\&id=41\&Itemid=51}, author = {Neuparth, Nuno and Aelenei, Daniel and Caires, Iolanda and Teixeira, Jo{\~a}o and Viegas, Jo{\~a}o and Cano, Manuela and Leiria-Pinto, Paula and Martins, Pedro}, editor = {Neuparth, Nuno and Aelenei, Daniel and Caires, Iolanda and Teixeira, Joao Paulo and Viegas, Jo and Cano, Manuela and Pinto, Paula Leiria and Martins, Pedro} } @conference {Silva2013, title = {Avalia{\c c}{\~a}o ac{\'u}stica de edif{\'\i}cios habitacionais - an{\'a}lise dos coeficientes de pondera{\c c}{\~a}o associados aos {\'\i}ndices de comportamento ac{\'u}stico de habita{\c c}{\~o}es}, booktitle = {European Symposium on Environmental Acoustics and Noise Mapping}, year = {2013}, note = {

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}, author = {Silva, Rui and Patr{\'\i}cio, Jorge and Aelenei, Daniel} } @conference {Mendes2013, title = {The Effects on Health of Indoor Air Quality and Thermal Comfort In Elderly Care Centers}, booktitle = {2nd International Conference on Occupational \& Environmental Toxicology}, year = {2013}, note = {n/a}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Mendes, Ana and Aelenei, Daniel and Aguiar, L and Pereira, C and M. Neves and Silva P and Susana, Azevedo and Mendes, D and Guimar and Teixeira, J} } @conference {Aelenei2013b, title = {Environment and Health in Children Day Care Centres in Portugal - results from phase II on the ventilation characteristics of 16 schools}, booktitle = {CLIMA 2013}, series = {978-80-260-4001-9}, year = {2013}, note = {n/a}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Aelenei, Daniel and Azevedo, Susana and Viegas, Jo{\~a}o and Mendes, Ana and Papoila, Ana Luisa and Cano, Manuela and Martins, Pedro and Neuparth, Nuno} } @conference {Mendes2012, title = {Geria Project preliminary study on indoor air quality and health related quality of life in elderly care centers}, booktitle = {CISE 2012, Conference}, year = {2012}, note = {

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}, abstract = {

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}, author = {Mendes, Ana Sofia and Botelho, Maria Amalia and Papoila, Ana Luisa and Viegas, Jo{\~a}o and Aelenei, Daniel and Paix{\~a}o and Paquete, P and Caires, Iolanda and Azevedo, Susana and Martins, Pedro and J. Martins and Pedro, C and Neves, P and Neuparth, Nuno and Teixeira, Jo{\~a}o} } @conference {Cano2012, title = {Indoor Air Quality in Portuguese Children Day Care Centers ? ENVIRH Project}, booktitle = {The Second International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE)}, series = {978-0-9816881-9-0; 0-9816881-9-5.}, year = {2012}, note = {

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}, author = {Cano, Manuela and Nogueira, Susana and Papoila, Ana Luisa and Aguiar, F and Martins, Pedro and Marques, J. and Caires, Iolanda and J. Martins and Pedro, C and Paix{\~a}o, P and Rosado-Pinto, J and Leiria-Pinto, Paula and Aelenei, Daniel and Mendes, Ana and Teixeira, Jo{\~a}o and Proen{\c c}a, M C and Neuparth, Nuno} } @conference {Azevedo2012, title = {Environment and health in children day care centres results from phase I - preliminary analysis of buildings physical characteristics}, booktitle = {The 10th International Conference on Industrial Ventilation}, year = {2012}, note = {n/a}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Azevedo, Susana and Viegas, Jo{\~a}o and Aelenei, Daniel and Papoila, Ana Luisa and Mendes, Ana} }