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Environmental Particulate Matter Levels during 2017 Large Forest Fires and Megafires in the Center Region of Portugal: A Public Health Concern?

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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Marta
dc.contributor.authorDelerue-Matos, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Maria Carmo
dc.contributor.authorMorais, Simone
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-14T10:59:18Z
dc.date.available2022-01-14T10:59:18Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThis work characterizes the dimension and the exceptionality of 2017 large- and mega-fires that occurred in the center region of Portugal through the assessment of their impact on the ambient levels of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), retrieved from local monitoring stations, and the associated public health risks. PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations were increased during the occurrence of large fires and megafires, with daily concentrations exceeding the European/national guidelines in 7–14 and 1–12 days of 2017 (up to 704 µg/m3 for PM10 and 46 µg/m3 for PM2.5), respectively. PM10 concentrations were correlated with total burned area (0.500 < r < 0.949; p > 0.05) and with monthly total burned area/distance2 (0.500 < r < 0.667; p > 0.05). The forest fires of 2017 took the life of 112 citizens. A total of 474 cases of hospital admissions due to cardiovascular diseases and 3524 cases of asthma incidence symptoms per 100,000 individuals at risk were assessed due to exposure to 2017 forest fires. Real-time and in situ PM methodologies should be combined with protection action plans to reduce public health risks. Portuguese rural stations should monitor other health-relevant pollutants (e.g., carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds) released from wildfires to allow performing more robust and comprehensive measurements that will allow a better assessment of the potential health risks for the exposed populations.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was financially supported by European Union (FEDER funds through COMPETE) and National Funds (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia) [projects UIDB/50006/2020, UID/EQU/00511/2013-LEPABE], by the FCT/MEC with national funds and cofounded by FEDER in the scope of the P2020 Partnership Agreement. This study was also supported by the project “PCIF/SSO/0017/2018- A panel of (bio)markers for the surveillance of firefighter’s health and safety”, funded by Portuguese National Funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. M. Oliveira thanks to FCT/MCTES for the CEEC-Individual 2017 Program Contract [CEECIND/03666/2017].pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph17031032pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/19481
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationUID/EQU/00511/2013-LEPABEpt_PT
dc.relationAssociated Laboratory for Green Chemistry - Clean Technologies and Processes
dc.relationCEECIND/03666/2017pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/3/1032pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectForest firespt_PT
dc.subjectAir pollutionpt_PT
dc.subjectParticulate matter (PM)pt_PT
dc.subjectPublic health riskspt_PT
dc.subjectWHO AirQ+ modelpt_PT
dc.subjectSocio-economic impactpt_PT
dc.titleEnvironmental Particulate Matter Levels during 2017 Large Forest Fires and Megafires in the Center Region of Portugal: A Public Health Concern?pt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue3pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1032pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume17pt_PT
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person.familyNameMarques de Oliveira
person.familyNameDelerue-Matos
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person.givenNameMarta Madalena
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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