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Research Article

Pollution characteristics and noncarcinogenic risk assessment of fungal bioaerosol in different processing units of waste paper and cardboard recycling factory

Abbas Norouzian Baghania Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Armin Sorooshianb Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA;c Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Mahdieh Delikhoond Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Ramin Nabizadeha Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;e Center for Air Pollution Research (CAPR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Shahrokh Nazmaraa Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7726-7860
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Rounak Bakhtiarif Department of Microbiology, School of Public Health and Institute Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Pages 752-763 | Received 09 Mar 2020, Accepted 10 May 2020, Published online: 08 Jun 2020
 
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Abstract

This study reports on the concentrations of airborne fungi in a waste paper and cardboard recycling factory (WPCRF) in Tehran, Iran. Sampling occurred every six days during winter at nine locations. The following order was observed in all processing units: Penicillium sp. (92 ± 6 CFU m−3) > Cladosporium sp. (74 ± 7 CFU m−3) > Aspergillus niger (19 ± 9 CFU m−3). In the processing units, the lifetime average daily dose ranged from 1.49 × 10−3 to 7.8 CFU (kg.d)−1 for the inhalation route and from 2.74 × 10−6 to 6.29 × 10−6 CFU (kg.d)−1 for the dermal route.

Acknowledgements

The authors sincerely acknowledge the Tehran University of Medical Sciences for their superb academic support.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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