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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

The Dose of Fungal Aerosol Inhaled by Workers in a Waste-Sorting Plant in Poland: A Case Study.

Ewa Brągoszewska

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Fungal Contaminants in Energy Efficient Dwellings: Impact of Ventilation Type and Level of Urbanization.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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Ewa BrągoszewskaDepartment of Technologies and Installations for Waste Management, Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 18 Konarskiego St., 44 100 Gliwice, Poland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioaerosol monitoring is a rapidly emerging area in the context of work environments because microbial pollution is a key element of indoor air pollution and plays an important role in certain infectious diseases and allergies. However, as yet, relatively little is known about inhaled doses of microorganisms in workplaces. Today, the important issue of social concern is due to waste management, transport, sorting, and processing of wastes and their environmental impact and effects on public health. In fact, waste management activities can have numerous adverse effects on human wellbeing. Health effects are generally linked to exposure (EX), defined as the concentration of a contaminant and the length of time a person is exposed to this concentration. Dose is an effective tool for evaluating the quantity of a contaminant that actually crosses the body's boundaries and influences the goal tissue. This document presents an analysis of the fungal waste-sorting plant EX dose

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Air MicrobiologyAerosolsAir Pollution, IndoorEnvironmental MonitoringFungiHumansOccupational ExposurePolandWaste ManagementWorkplaceAerosolsbioaerosolindoor air qualityinhaled doseparticle size distribution (PSD)sorting plantworker exposure

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PMID31881797
PMCPMC6982232

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