title: [And yet there is a risk--do it yourself].
abstract: Our study has examined the valuation of exposure to dust, noise and hand-arm vibrations (HAVs) during "extra-professional" activities of do-it-yourself, like wood smoothing, considering a group of 8 heterogeneous volunteer subjects (not expert of the sector), to find any kind of variability among the subjects. The results have shown a moderate risk for dust exposure and a realer one for HAVs, also higher noise exposure levels when an aspiration system is added to the sander. It's important that the exposure time considered in this study is not comparable to professional time exposure, cause of the "domestic" feature of this activities. Moreover, data could be influenced by different use conditions, grip and material grounds. It's also significant that there are not controls, formation and information of the subjects about the health risks, as well as ipersusceptibility.
authors: DIM - Dipartimento Interdisciplinare di Medicina - Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - Policlinico - Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11 - 70124 Bari. filippo.cassano@uniba.it
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Cassano
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Labianca
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Mazzotta
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Gaccione
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Cardascia
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Garavaglia
authors: M T
authors: MT
authors: Minenna
authors: C
authors: C
authors: de Giampaulis
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Aprile
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Aloise
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult