Respiratory Health in Waste Collection and Disposal Workers.

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Published in Int J Environ Res Public Health on June 24, 2016

Authors

Luigi Vimercati1, Antonio Baldassarre2, Maria Franca Gatti3, Luigi De Maria4, Antonio Caputi5, Angelica A Dirodi6, Francesco Cuccaro7, Raffaello Maria Bellino8

Author Affiliations

1: Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Occupational Medicine "B. Ramazzini", University of Bari Medical School, Bari 70124, Italy. luigi.vimercati@uniba.it.
2: Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Occupational Medicine "B. Ramazzini", University of Bari Medical School, Bari 70124, Italy. antonio.baldassarre@uniba.it.
3: Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Occupational Medicine "B. Ramazzini", University of Bari Medical School, Bari 70124, Italy. mariafranca.gatti@gmail.com.
4: Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Occupational Medicine "B. Ramazzini", University of Bari Medical School, Bari 70124, Italy. luidemale@gmail.com.
5: Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Occupational Medicine "B. Ramazzini", University of Bari Medical School, Bari 70124, Italy. anto.caputi@gmail.com.
6: Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Occupational Medicine "B. Ramazzini", University of Bari Medical School, Bari 70124, Italy. angelica.dirodi@gmail.com.
7: Health Local Unit of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Barletta 76121, Italy. francesco_cuccaro@hotmail.com.
8: Health Local Unit of Bari, Bari 70122, Italy. raffaello.bellino@gmail.com.

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