Author(s):
Viegas, Susana ; Ladeira, Carina ; Nunes, Carla ; Malta-Vacas, Joana ; Gomes, Mário ; Brito, Miguel ; Mendonça, Paula ; Prista, João
Date: 2010
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/1040
Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Subject(s): Saúde ambiental; Saúde ocupacional; Formaldeído; Meio laboratorial; Anatomia patológica; Saúde ambiental; Saúde ambiental; Saúde ocupacional; Saúde ocupacional; Formaldeído; Formaldeído; Meio laboratorial; Meio laboratorial; Anatomia patológica; Anatomia patológica
Description
Formaldehyde, also known as formalin, formal and methyl aldehydes, is a colorless, flammable, strong-smelling gas. It has an important application in embalming tissues and that result in exposures for workers in the pathology anatomy laboratories and mortuaries. To perform exposure assessment is necessary define exposure groups and in this occupational setting the technicians and pathologists are the most important groups. In the case of formaldehyde, it seems that health effects are more related with peak exposures than with exposure duration.
