Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

Estimation of personal exposure to asbestos of brake repair workers.

Published in Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology

Exposure assessments are key tools to conduct epidemiological studies. Since 2010, 28 riveters from 18 brake repair shops with different characteristics and workloads were sampled for asbestos exposure in Bogotá, Colombia. Short-term personal samples collected during manipulation activities of brake products, and personal samples collected during n...