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Promoting global collaboration to improve bioaerosol exposure assessment and un...
Marczylo, Emma L.; Jackson, Simon; Bell, Christine; Andrews, Daniel; Clift, Martin J. D.; Crawford, Ian; Fejer, Gyorgy; Ferguson, Robert M. W.We are surrounded, in both indoor and outdoor environments, by air containing particles of biological origin (bioaerosols). We constantly inhale them, and, depending upon their size, they deposit in different parts of our airways. Despite their ubiquitous nature and our constant exposure, bioaerosol diversity and composition of the environment are not well characterized, and we understand little about which bio...
Microbial contamination in grocery stores from Portugal and Spain: the neglecte...
Viegas, Carla; Gomes, Bianca; Cervantes, Renata; Moreira, Sílvia; Dias, Marta; Pena, Pedro; Carolino, Elisabete; Twarużek, Magdalena; Kosicki, RobertMicrobial contamination in grocery shops (GS) should be evaluated since food commodities are commonly handled by workers and customers increasing the risk of food contamination and disease transmission. The aim of this study was to evaluate the microbial contamination in Portuguese and Spanish GS with a multi-approach protocol using passive (electrostatic dust cloths and surface swabs) sampling methods. The mol...