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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Autor principal: Viegas, Susana (author)
Outros Autores: Assunção, Ricardo (author), Carolino, Elisabete (author), Viegas, Carla (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2018
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/9036
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/9036
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Resumo: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.