Bioaerosols in hospital environment: A short review

• Tipo: Capítulo ou Parte de Livro
• Data: 2014

Autores

Cláudia Vieira (Autor) FEUP; João Santos Baptista (Autor) FEUP

Livro

Título: Occupational Safety and Hygiene II

1º Edição

Páginas: 119-124

ISBN: 978-1-138-00144-2

ISBN Eletrónico: 978-1-315-77352-0

Editora: CRC Press

Indexação

ISI Web of Science

Scopus

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências médicas e da saúde > Outras ciências médicas

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Tecnologia > Tecnologia da segurança

Outras Informações

Abstract (EN): Biological hazards are an important occupational health problem. The intention in this article is to present a short review on the exposure of health workers to biological agents transmitted by aerosols. 637 articles were collected, and 41 were selected for analysis. It is recognized that bioaerosols are the cause of several diseases. However, there are difficulties to establish their prevalence and incidence within occupational range. Also there are no official records on occupational infectious diseases or airway that caused the death of health professionals

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 5