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Safety and Risk in Society
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Marta Madalena Marques de Oliveira,
Simone Barreira Morais and
Francisca Pinto Lisboa Martins Rodrigues
Editors
An Essential Guide to
Occupational Exposure
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Contents
Preface .......................................................................................... vii
Acknowledgments ....................................................................................... ix
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Occupational Exposure ....................1
Gabriel Sousa, Xianyu Wang, Francisca Rodrigues
and Marta Oliveira
Chapter 2 Hospital Environments:
The Relevant Aspects of Indoor Air Quality .................23
Klara Slezakova and Maria do Carmo Pereira
Chapter 3 The Role of Biomarkers in the Assessment of
Potential Health Risks of Wildland Firefighters’
Occupational Exposure: An Overview ..........................47
Filipa Esteves, Joana Madureira,
João Paulo Teixeira and Solange Costa
Chapter 4 Firefighters’ Dermal Exposure to
Fire Emissions: Levels and Potential of
3D Skin Models for Health Risk Assessment ................75
Bela Barros, Francisca Rodrigues,
Bruno Sarmento, Cristina Delerue-Matos,
Simone Morais and Marta Oliveira
Chapter 5 Cytogenetic Methods for Measuring Effects of
Occupational Exposure ................................................. 127
Goran Gajski and Marko Gerić
Chapter 6 Occupational Hazards Faced by
Garbage Collection Workers ........................................ 167
Madhur S. Kulkarni
About the Editors ...................................................................................... 187
Index ......................................................................................... 191
Preface
Throughout the world, almost 3 billion workers are regularly exposed to some
hazards in the work environment, which contribute to increasing the number
of occupational accidents and injuries. Regardless of the work field, all
working activities have occupational risks. The development of health effects,
including occupational diseases (e.g., cancers and respiratory illness), may
present a long latency period, and thus the establishment of a causal
relationship between exposure at work environments and related health
outcomes is complex. The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development is
strongly committed to promoting sustained and inclusive economic growth
with decent work for all (including gender equity) and eradicating forced
labor, human trafficking, and child labor in all its forms.
This book addresses the theme of occupational exposure among
economically active populations. It starts with an introductory approach of the
most usual occupational risks, specifically those of physical, chemical,
biological, ergonomic, psychological, and/or psychosocial origin. The main
consequences for the safety and health of workers, regardless of the activity
sector, are identified. Special attention is given to the importance of indoor air
quality in hospital environments and the main risks for the health of healthcare
professionals. Across the latest decade, human biomonitoring assays have
been progressively recognized as adequate tools to better evaluate the
occupational exposure and the associated health risks, principally in workers
acting in unpredicted and very complex environments such as firefighters and
garbage collection workers. A brief description of the interest of using
different biomarkers, more specifically biomarkers of dose, biomarkers of
effect, and biomarkers of susceptibility, in the evaluation of wildland
firefighters’ occupational exposure and their potential health risks is
presented. Also, the characterization of firefighters’ dermal exposure to fire
emissions and their main occupational hazards, as well as the potential of
using 3D skin models to perform a more complete health risk assessment, are
addressed in detail. Moreover, available cytogenetic methods that can be used
to measure the effects of occupational exposure in active workers is also
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presented. Lastly, but not less important, the potential risks that garbage
collection workers face during their regular working activities are outlined.
Overall, this book leads the reader to reflect on the main risks associated
with occupational exposure and its principal implications on human health.
