title: [Wood manufacture and dioxins: a case prospective study on maintenance of boilers powered by wood chips and shavings].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to verify if a carpenter using wood scraps, treated or not, to operate the heating system may involve an exposure to dioxins in a given target of workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  the research was structured on literature sources analysis, study on field of the most relevant exposure, occurs through sampling. The results were recorded and plotted, and compared with the data available in literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  the study has involved maintenance workers of the heating system by means of wood refuse incineration. These workers were informed of the methods and aims of the sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  the results confirm a potential exposure to ash containing dioxins, presumably also in other similar situations, in this case not even evaluated by the employer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the average exposure to the light ash during the maintenance operations of the plant dust abatement in emissive phase is about 5 mg/m(3), with a consequent exposure to dioxins inferred, at about 20 pg.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  operators are exposed to dioxins: this implies that in some operations it is crucial to review the risk assessment and consequently the measures on prevention and health protection to activate.
authors: Università degli Studi di Parma. marco.vit22@gmail.com.
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Vitelli
authors: Daniele
authors: D
authors: Paciaccioni
mesh_terms: D004147:Dioxins / Q000506:poisoning*; D004391:Dust; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017745:Incineration / Q000379:methods; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014934:Wood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D004147:Dioxins; D004391:Dust