Journal article
Health hazards of fire fighters: exposure assessment
British Journal of Industrial Medicine, v 45(9), pp 606-612
Sep 1988
PMID: 3179235
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Abstract
There is growing concern over the detrimental health effects to firefighters produced by exposure to combustion byproducts of burning materials. To assess the types and levels of exposure encountered by firefighters during their routine occupational duties, members of the Buffalo Fire Department were monitored during firefighting activities with personal, portable, ambient environmental sampling devices. The results indicate that firefighters are frequently exposed to significant concentrations of hazardous materials including carbon monoxide, benzene, sulphur dioxide, hydrogen cyanide, aldehydes, hydrogen chloride, dichlorofluoromethane, and particulates. Furthermore, in many cases of the worst exposure to these materials respiratory protective equipment was not used owing to the visual impression of low smoke intensity, and thus these levels represent actual direct exposure of the firefighters. Many of these materials have been implicated in the production of cardiovascular, respiratory, or neoplastic diseases, which may provide an explanation for the alleged increased risk for these illnesses among firefighters.
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- Title
- Health hazards of fire fighters: exposure assessment
- Creators
- P W Brandt-Rauf - Columbia UniversityL F Fallon - Columbia UniversityT Tarantini - Columbia UniversityC Idema - Columbia UniversityL Andrews - Columbia University
- Publication Details
- British Journal of Industrial Medicine, v 45(9), pp 606-612
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1988Q178900006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0023788413
- Other Identifier
- 991019342558904721
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