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Research Paper
Volcanic environments and thyroid disruption – A review focused on As, Hg, and Co

2026

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Living Under the Volcano: Effects on the Nervous System and Human Health

2025

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Concerning Mercury (Hg) Levels in the Hair of Children Inhabiting a Volcanically Active Area

2025

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Genotoxicity and Cytotoxicity Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds in Pathology Professionals Through the Buccal Micronuclei Assay

2025

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Fluoride levels in water sources inside the crater of Furnas volcano: Potential health implications for local communities and tourists

2025

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Using cattle hair to assess exposure to essential trace elements in volcanic soils

2024

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Evidence of hypothyroidism in mice chronically exposed to conventional farming

2024

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Histological evidence of hypothyroidism in mice chronically exposed to conventional farming

2024

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Air quality at Ponta Delgada city (Azores) is unaffected so far by growing cruise ship transit in recent years

2023

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Metallothionein expression in the central nervous system in response to chronic heavy metal exposure: possible neuroprotective mechanism

2023

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Evaluation of Respiratory, Genotoxic and Cytotoxic Effects from Occupational Exposure to Typography Activities

2023

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Drinking Bottled and Tap Water for Healthier Living in Volcanic Areas: Are All Waters the Same?

2022

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Iodine Intake and Related Cognitive Function Impairments in Elementary Schoolchildren

2022

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Occurrence of Volcanogenic Inorganic Mercury in Wild Mice Spinal Cord: Potential Health Implications

2022

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Epithelial morphometric alterations and mucosecretory responses in the nasal cavity of mice chronically exposed to hydrothermal emissions

2022

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Bioaccumulation and potential ecotoxicological effects of trace metals along a management intensity gradient in volcanic pasturelands

2021

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Elemental profile of native lichens displaying the impact by agricultural and artificial land uses in the Atlantic island of São Miguel (Azores)

2021

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Chronic exposure to volcanic gaseous elemental mercury: using wild Mus musculus to unveil its uptake and fate.

2021

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Deficiency of essential elements in volcanic soils: potential harmful health effects on grazing cattle

2021

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First record on mercury accumulation in mice brain living in active volcanic environments: a cytochemical approach

2021

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Pulmonary oxidative stress and apoptosis in mice chronically exposed to hydrothermal volcanic emissions

2021

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Reactive astrogliosis in the dentate gyrus of mice exposed to active volcanic environments

2021

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The health hazards of volcanoes: first evidence of neuroinflammation in the hippocampus of mice exposed to active volcanic surroundings.

2021

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First report on the prevalence of Klossiella muris in Mus musculus for S. Miguel Island - Azores (Portugal)

2021

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Thallus structural alterations in green-algal lichens as indicators

2020

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Occurrence of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli in soils subjected to livestock grazing in Azores archipelago. An environment-health pollution issue?

2020

Books & Book Chapters
Fluoride in Volcanic Areas: A Case Study in Medical Geology

2019

Research Paper
Buccal epithelial cell micronuclei: Sensitive, non-invasive biomarkers of occupational exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation

2019

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Chronic exposure to non-eruptive volcanic activity as cause of bronchiolar histomorphological alteration and inflammation in mice

2019

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Cobalt distribution in the soils of São Miguel Island (Azores): from volcanoes to health effects

2019

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Overproduction of TNF-α and lung structural remodelling due to chronic exposure to volcanogenic air pollution

2019

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Prevalence of fasciolosis in slaughtered dairy cattle from São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

2019

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Spatially modelling the risk areas of chronic exposure to hydrothermal volcanic emissions using lichens

2019

Research Paper
DNA damage in oral epithelial cells of individuals chronically exposed to indoor radon (222Rn) in a hydrothermal area

2018

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Mus musculus bone fluoride concentration as a useful biomarker for risk assessment of skeletal fluorosis in volcanic areas.

2018

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Risk factors and chemical composition of urinary stones in the Azorean population (São Miguel Island - Portugal): a preliminary study

2018

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Sublethal effects of the ingestion of imidacloprid and deltamethrin by Chrysoperla agilis (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

2018

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Biological endpoints in earthworms (Amynthas gracilis) as tools for the ecotoxicity assessment of soils from livestock production systems

2018

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First Report on vanA-Enterococcus faecalis Recovered from Soils Subjected to Long-Term Livestock Agricultural Practices in Azores Archipelago

2018

Research Paper
Cardiorespiratory health effects associated with acute exposure to hydrothermal gas emissions from Furnas volcano

2018