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Assessment of waste workers occupational risk to microbial agents and cytotoxic...
Marchand, Genevieve; Wingert, Loïc; Viegas, Carla; Caetano, Liliana; Viegas, Susana; Twaruzek, Magdalena; Lacombe, Nancy; Lanoie, Delphine2018–0016 and the H&TRC authors gratefully acknowledge the national support of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia / Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (FCT/MCTES) through the UIDB/05608/2020 and UIDP/05608/2020. The authors would like to thank Tam Nguyen, Patrick Genest, Edith Giasson, Julien Trépanier, Noémie Gervais, and Fabiola Salambanga, who helped on sampling day and in some lab analy...
Six feet under microbiota
Viegas, Carla; Cervantes, Renata; Dias, Marta; Gomes, Bianca; Pena, Pedro; Carolino, Elisabete; Twaruzek, Magdalena; Kosicki, RobertCemeteries are potential environmental reservoirs of pathogenic microorganisms from organic matter decomposition. This study aimed to characterize the microbial contamination in three cemeteries, and more specifically in grave diggers’ facilities. One active sampling method (impingement method) and several passive sampling methods (swabs, settled dust, settled dust filters and electrostatic dust cloths—EDC) wer...