Exposure to particles in veterinary clinical practice: exploratory study

Several papers have reported that livestock workers have an inv«creased risk of developing respiratory diseases as a result of chronic inhalation exposure to organic dust in farm animal production facilities. However, for veterinarians, most of the published studies are related to zoonoses and only...

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Main Author: Viegas, Susana (author)
Other Authors: Assunção, Ricardo (author), Carolino, Elisabete (author), Viegas, Carla (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/9036
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/9036
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Summary:Several papers have reported that livestock workers have an inv«creased risk of developing respiratory diseases as a result of chronic inhalation exposure to organic dust in farm animal production facilities. However, for veterinarians, most of the published studies are related to zoonoses and only a few papers have been dedicated to occupational health in small-animal veterinary practices. An exploratory study was developed aiming to perform a first assessment in the particles contamination and to identify the presence of other risk factors that should be tackled in future studies.