Are workers from waste sorting industry really protected by wearing filtering respiratory protective devices? The gap between the myth and reality

One of the solutions for decreasing the workers' exposure to bioburden is the use of Filtering Respiratory Protective Devices (FRPD). As such it is important to determine whether these devices are fulfilling their protective role. This is the basis of the current study, aimed at characterizing...

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Main Author: Viegas, Carla (author)
Other Authors: Dias, Marta (author), Almeida, Beatriz (author), Aranha Caetano, Liliana (author), Carolino, Elisabete (author), Gomes, Anita Quintal (author), Twarużek, Magdalena (author), Kosicki, Robert (author), Grajewski, Jan (author), Marchand, Geneviève (author), Viegas, Susana (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Occupational health
Occupational exposure
Filtering respiratory protective devices
Waste sorting industry
Bioburden
Fungal biomass
Fungal toxigenic strains detection
FRPD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/10824
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/10824

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/10824

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