Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Afonso C

Division of Aquaculture and Upgrading, Department of Sea and Marine Resources, Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere, Portugal

Biography

Cláudia Afonso is a Post-doc researcher at DivAV of IPMA and at CIIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research). Her main scientific research is focus on quality and safety area where she developed research activities with a view to upgrading and qualifying fishery and aquaculture products. Particularly, the work has focused on risk-benefit assessment, bioaccessibility of nutrients and contaminants, nutrition and toxicology and, recently, bioprospection of compounds from marine resources. She participated in several European and Nationals research projects and supervises undergraduate, master and doctorate students.

Publications

The Importance of Dietary Behavior to the Health of Monozygotic Twins

The development, health, and phenotype of monozygotic twins can be decisively affected by dietary behaviour. Several channels of biochemical, microbiological, and physiological differentiation between twins are affected by the particular traits of any given diet and are to be evaluated under a new perspective and point of view. The nutritional fact... Read More»

Cardoso C, Afonso C and Bandarra NM

Review Article: J Community Med Health Educ 7:526

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000526

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