PAPERS in International Peer-reviewed Journals
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Georges Hatem, Ana Margarida Faria, Mariana Bessa Pinto, João Paulo Teixeira, Amina Salamova, Carla Costa, Joana Madureira. 2025. Association between exposure to airborne endocrine disrupting chemicals and asthma in children or adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution. 15;369:125830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.125830.
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Georges Hatem, Ana Margarida Faria, Mariana Bessa Pinto, Amina Salamova, João Paulo Teixeira, Carla Costa, Joana Madureira. 2025. Exposure to per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and respiratory and skin effects in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 491; 137978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137978.
Book CHAPTERS
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K. Slezakova, B. Kotlík, M.C. Pereira, Particulate air pollution in child educational environments, in: Indoor Air Quality: Control, Health Implications and Challenge, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, USA, pp. 37–51, 2022.
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K. Slezakova, M.C. Pereira, Indoor air quality in hospital environments, in: An Essential Guide to Occupational Exposure, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, USA, pp. 23-46, 2022.
ORAL Communications in International Scientific Meetings/Congress
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IWeBIOPATR 2025 - The 10th International WeBIOPATR Workshop & Conference Particulate Matter, November 26-28, 2025, Belgrade, Serbia
Ricardo Coelho, Cátia Peixoto, Georges Hatem, Ana Margarida Faria, Joana Madureira, João Paulo Teixeira, Maria Carmo Pereira, Klara Slezakova. Particulate matter in primary school classrooms: effects of occupancy.
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ISES 2023 Annual Meeting, August 27-31, 2023, Chicago, USA
Klara Slezakova, Carla Costa, Carla Valongo, João Paulo Teixeira, Joana Madureira. Indoor levels and health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds in Portuguese homes.
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ERA ENVHEALTH Conference: Indoor Environments: making the invisible visible, October 6, 2022, Brussels, Belgium
Joana Madureira, Maria Pereira, João P. Teixeira, Dagmar Dzúrová, Ivete Afonso, Stefano Bonassi, Hans Verhagen, Lídia Morawska, Klara Slezakova. Endocrine disruptors compounds and the links between environmental exposure, neurodevelopment and social behavior in children.
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International Workshop "Impacts of Early Life Exposure to Environmental Contaminants: Children's Health in the Anthropocene", September 30, 2022, Évora, Portugal
Joana Madureira, Maria Pereira, João P. Teixeira, Dagmar Dzúrová, Ivete Afonso, Stefano Bonassi, Hans Verhagen, Lídia Morawska, Klara Slezakova. Endocrine disruptors and cognitive & social behaviour: Research approach of EDC(Mind)2 project.
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Indoor Air 2022 - 17th International Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate, June 12-16, 2022, Kuopio, Finland
Joana Madureira, Maria do Carmo Pereira, João Paulo Teixeira, Dagmar Dzúrová, Ivete Afonso, Stefano Bonassi, Hans Verhagen, Lídia Morawska, Klara Slezakova. Endocrine disruptors and child neurodevelopment – research questions and study design of EDC(Mind)2 project.
ORAL Communications in National Scientific Meetings/Congress
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LEPABE meeting 2023 – 25 Years of LEPABE: Boarding into the New Era of Science, July 5, 2023, Porto, Portugal
Klara Slezakova. Promoting Healthy Indoor and Outdoor Environments with a Spotlight on Endocrine Disruptor.
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16th Young Researchers Meeting, May 10-12, 2023, Porto, Portugal
Adhymaura Silva, Maria do Carmo Pereira, Klara Slezakova. Recognizing the significance of indoor air quality: case study of Portuguese homes.
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IJUP’ 2022 - 15th Meeting of Young Investigators at University of Porto, May 4-6, 2022, Porto, Portugal
Ricardo Rodrigues, Joana Madureira, João Paulo Teixeira, Maria do Carmo Pereira, Klara Slezakova. VOCs in Private Dwellings: Levels and Risk Assessment.
POSTER Communications in International Scientific Meetings/Congress
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Encontro Ciência 2025, July 9-11, 2025, Carcavelos, Portugal
Georges Hatem, Ana Margarida Faria, Carla Costa, Klara Slezakova, Maria do Carmo Pereira, João Paulo Teixeira, Joana Madureira. Indoor Air Quality and the SDGs: Toward Sustainable, Healthy, and Equitable School Environments.
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Encontro Ciência 2025, July 9-11, 2025, Carcavelos, Portugal
Ricardo Coelho, Georges Hatem, Cátia Peixoto, Ana Margarida Faria, Joana Madureira, João Paulo Teixeira, Maria Carmo Pereira, Klara Slezakova. Volatile organic compounds in learning environments: Early insights from the EDC(Mind)2 project toward achieving the SDGs 3, 4, 11, and 12.
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Encontro Ciência2025, July 9-11, 2025, Carcavelos, Portugal
Ana Margarida Faria, Georges Hatem, Carmen Jerónimo, Klara Slezakova, Maria do Carmo Pereira, João Paulo Teixeira, Carla Costa, Joana Madureira. AIRSAFE: Assessing Airborne PFAS Exposure in Schools and Its Association with Child Metabolic Outcomes.
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iMed Conference, October 4, 2024, Lisboa, Portugal
Mariana Bessa Pinto, Ana Margarida Faria, Carla Costa, Georges Hatem, João Paulo Teixeira, Amina Salamova, Carmen Jerónimo, Joana Madureira. AIRSAFE: Assessing the Influence of Airborne Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances on Metabolic and Epigenetic Changes: Enhancing Indoor Air Quality for Schoolchildren’s Health.
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EUROTOX 2024, September 8-11, 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ana Margarida Faria, Rute Silva, Georges Hatem, Mariana Bessa Pinto, João Paulo Teixeira, Carla Costa, Joana Madureira. Human Health Risk Assessment of Metals in PM2.5: Evaluating the Concentration of Metals within Residential Houses in Porto Metropolitan Area.
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Encontro Ciência2024, July 3-5, 2024, Porto, Portugal
Ricardo Coelho, Ana Margarida Faria, Cátia Peixoto, Georges Hatem, Mariana Pinto, Joana Madureira, João Paulo Teixeira, Maria Carmo Pereira, Klara Slezakova. Children’s air exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in school and home environments: Progress of EDC(Mind)2 project.
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III 1H-ToxRun International Congress, May 2-3, 2024, Porto, Portugal
Ana Margarida Faria, Georges Hatem, Mariana Bessa Pinto, João Paulo Teixeira, Klara Slezakova, Maria do Carmo Pereira, Carla Costa, Joana Madureira. Passive Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Children's Health Outcome: A Preliminary Analysis.
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III 1H-ToxRun International Congress, May 2-3, 2024, Porto, Portugal
Mariana Bessa Pinto, Georges Hatem, Ana Margarida Faria, João Paulo Teixeira, Klara Slezakova, Maria do Carmo Pereira, Carla Costa, Joana Madureira. Impact of baby-feeding practices on Portuguese Children's health outcomes: preliminary results.
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III 1H-ToxRun International Congress, May 2-3, 2024, Porto, Portugal
Georges Hatem, Rute Silva, Ana Margarida Faria, Mariana Bessa Pinto, João Paulo Teixeira, Carla Costa, Joana Madureira. Evidence on the relationship between airborne exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals among school-age children and asthma onset or exacerbation: a systematic review.
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ISBM-12 - 12th International Symposium on Biological Monitoring in Occupational and Environmental Health, June 21-23, 2023, Porto, Portugal
Klara Slezakova, João Cavaleiro-Rufo, Filipa Esteves, Solange Costa, Maria do Carmo Pereira, João P. Teixeira, Joana Madureira. Effect of individual's characteristics on volatile organic compounds profile analysed by an electronic nose.
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ISBM-12 - 12th International Symposium on Biological Monitoring in Occupational and Environmental Health, June 21-23, 2023, Porto, Portugal
Georges Hatem, Amina Salamova, Otto Haninnen, Ana Margarida Faria, Carla Costa, Klara Slezakova, João P. Teixeira, Joana Madureira. Impact of renovations on EDC levels and school children's health: bridging science-policy gaps by addressing scientific uncertainties.
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DCE23 - 5th Doctoral Congress in Engineering, Symposium on Environmental Engineering, June 15-16, 2023, Porto, Portugal
Adhymaura Silva, Maria do Carmo Pereira, Klara Slezakova. Understanding indoor air quality in private dwellings: a case study of Portuguese homes.
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HBE 2023 - Healthy Building Europe, June 11-14, 2023, Aachen, Germany
Joana Madureira, Maria do Carmo Pereira, João P. Teixeira, Dagmar Dzúrová, Ivete Afonso, Ana Nascimento Rodrigues, Stefano Bonassi, Hans Verhagen, Lídia Morawska, Klara Slezakova. Children exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals: what do we know until now and what can be done about it.
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International Workshop "Impacts of Early Life Exposure to Environmental Contaminants: Children's Health in the Anthropocene", September 30, 2022, Évora, Portugal
Carla Costa, Klara Slezakova, Carla Valongo, João Paulo Teixeira, Joana Madureira. Quantitative health risk assessment of the chronic inhalation of volatile organic compounds in indoor home environments.
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Master in Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Indoor air quality in primary schools – the relevance of external parameters
Luís Miguel Gomes Silva
Completed by 09.10.2023
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Master in Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Volatile organic compounds: Indoor levels and risk assessment
Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Tavares Guedes Rodrigues
Completed by 10.10.2022
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Master in Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Electronic nose for analysis of volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath
Rafael Alexandre Lopes Alves Ribeiro
Completed by 20.07.2022
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Master in Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto
Exposure characterization and health risk assessment of indoor and outdoor metal(loids) from residential buildings
Rute Costa Silva
Completed by 14.12.2023
THESIS
INTERNSHIP SUPERVISION
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Academic Internships, 2022-2023, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Influence of indoor air quality on occupants’ well-being: sampling protocol development
Maria Teresa Truta Guimarães
July 2023 - September 2023
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ERASMUS Exchange Programme, 2022-2023, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Airborne aerosols – simulated deposition in human respiratory tract
Izabela Błażejewska
September 2022 - February 2023
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Academic Internships, 2021-2022, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Air pollution management in sustainable cities: protocol of sampling and implications
Adhymaura Rafaela de Azevedo Fernandes da Silva
July 2022 - September 2022
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Academic Internships, 2023-2024, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Beyond Stationary Monitors: Assessing Personal Exposure in Everyday Settings.
Beatriz Santos Silva
September 2023 - February 2024