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Occupational exposu...
Occupational exposure and health surveys at metal additive manufacturing facilities
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- Assenhöj, Maria (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för prevention, rehabilitering och nära vård,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Arbets- och miljömedicin
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- Almstrand, Ann-Charlotte (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
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- Kokelj, Spela, 1992 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
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- Ljunggren, Stefan (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för prevention, rehabilitering och nära vård,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Arbets- och miljömedicin
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- Olin, Anna-Carin, 1960 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
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- Karlsson, Helen (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för prevention, rehabilitering och nära vård,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Arbets- och miljömedicin
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- FRONTIERS MEDIA SA, 2023
- 2023
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Frontiers In Public Health. - : FRONTIERS MEDIA SA. - 2296-2565. ; 11
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Abstract
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- Introduction: Additive manufacturing is a novel state-of-the art technology with significant economic and practical advantages, including the ability to produce complex structures on demand while reducing the need of stocking materials and products. Additive manufacturing is a technology that is here to stay; however, new technologies bring new challenges, not only technical but also from an occupational health and safety perspective. Herein, leading Swedish companies using metal additive manufacturing were studied with the aim of investigating occupational exposure and the utility of chosen exposure- and clinical markers as predictors of potential exposure-related health risks.Methods: Exposure levels were investigated by analysis of airborne dust and metals, alongside particle counting instruments measuring airborne particles in the range of 10 nm-10 mu m to identify dusty work tasks. Health examinations were performed on a total of 48 additive manufacturing workers and 39 controls. All participants completed a questionnaire, underwent spirometry, and blood and urine sampling. A subset underwent further lung function tests.Results: Exposure to inhalable dust and metals were low, but particle counting instruments identified specific work tasks with high particle emissions. Examined health parameters were well within reference values on a group level. However, statistical analysis implied an impact on workers kidney function and possible airway inflammation.Conclusion: The methodology was successful for investigating exposure-related health risks in additive manufacturing. However, most participants have been working <5 years. Therefore, long-term studies are needed before we can conclusively accept or reject the observed effects on health.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Occupational Health and Environmental Health (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- 3D-printing; additive manufacturing; powder bed fusion; binder jetting; metals; occupational exposure; particle exposure; occupational health
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