Biosensors in Occupational Safety and Health Management: A Narrative Review

Antonio Baldassarre, Nicola Mucci, Luigi Isaia Lecca, Emanuela Tomasini, Maria Julia Parcias-do-Rosario, Carolina Tauil Pereira, Giulio Arcangeli and Paulo Antonio Barros Oliveira
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Antonio Baldassarre: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy
Nicola Mucci: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy
Luigi Isaia Lecca: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy
Emanuela Tomasini: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy
Maria Julia Parcias-do-Rosario: Hospital De Clinicas, Serviço de Medicina Ocupacional, Porto Alegre 90035-007, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Carolina Tauil Pereira: Hospital De Clinicas, Serviço de Medicina Ocupacional, Porto Alegre 90035-007, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Giulio Arcangeli: Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy
Paulo Antonio Barros Oliveira: Hospital De Clinicas, Serviço de Medicina Ocupacional, Porto Alegre 90035-007, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-10

Abstract: A sensor is a device used to gather information registered by some biological, physical or chemical change, and then convert the information into a measurable signal. The first biosensor prototype was conceived more than a century ago, in 1906, but a properly defined biosensor was only developed later in 1956. Some of them have reached the commercial stage and are routinely used in environmental and agricultural applications, and especially, in clinical laboratory and industrial analysis, mostly because it is an economical, simple and efficient instrument for the in situ detection of the bioavailability of a broad range of environmental pollutants. We propose a narrative review, that found 32 papers and aims to discuss the possible uses of biosensors, focusing on their use in the area of occupational safety and health (OSH).

Keywords: occupational medicine; biosensors; ergonomics; health and safety; nanotechnology; environmental medicine; e-health; health biomarker; high fidelity data acquisition; digital epidemiology; high-throughput artificial intelligence; complex adaptive systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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