About this Journal

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he Italian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (IJOEHY) is an international journal dedicated to the publication of high quality research in the field of occupational and environmental hygiene. It is addressed to research scientists, environmental and health professionals in industry and officials in governmental and regulatory agencies.
Papers published in the Italian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene cover occupational and environmental researches and on field experiences.
The areas of concern include recognition, evaluation and control of environmental factors in order to avoid adverse effects.

Focus areas:

• biological, chemical and physical agents evaluation
• suitable monitoring practices
• contaminant pathways (uptake, metabolism, transformation, fate)
• exposure assessment
• biological monitoring
• requirements for protective equipment and safety devices
• behaviour of gas, vapours and aerosols
• aerosols sampling in workplace environment
• ventilation
• stacks and ducts
• asbestos and inorganic fibres
• evaluation of threshold limit values
• statistical analysis of experimental data
• comparative studies on samplers performances
• active and diffusive sampling
• indoor and outdoor air quality
• water, air and soil pollution
• waste disposal
• treatment of industrial waste waters
• quality assurance and quality control