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Tatiana Teixeira1,2, Eduardo Carvalho2, Joana Santos3

  • 1Associated Laboratory for Energy, Transports and Aeronautics (PROA/LAETA), Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto.

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firefightershealth monitoringoccupational exposureoperational context

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