Viegas, SusanaAssunção, RicardoCarolino, ElisabeteViegas, Carla2018-11-142018-11-142018-03Viegas S, Assunção R, Carolino E, Viegas C. Exposure to particles in veterinary clinical practice: exploratory study. In: Arezes P, Baptista JS, Barroso MP, Carneiro P, Cordeiro P, Costa P, et al. International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene: proceedings book of SHO 2018. Guimarães: Sociedade Portuguesa de Segurança e Higiene Ocupacionais; 2018. p. 26-7.9789899820388http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/9036Several papers have reported that livestock workers have an inv«creased risk of developing respiratory diseases as a result of chronic inhalation exposure to organic dust in farm animal production facilities. However, for veterinarians, most of the published studies are related to zoonoses and only a few papers have been dedicated to occupational health in small-animal veterinary practices. An exploratory study was developed aiming to perform a first assessment in the particles contamination and to identify the presence of other risk factors that should be tackled in future studies.engOccupational healthOccupational exposureParticlesVeterinary clinical practicejournal article