Article ; Online: Association of firefighting exposures with lung function using a novel job exposure matrix (JEM).
Occupational and environmental medicine
2024 Volume 81, Issue 2, Page(s) 84–91
Abstract: Objectives: Characterisation of firefighters' exposures to dangerous chemicals in smoke from non-wildfire incidents, directly through personal monitoring and indirectly from work-related records, is scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ... ...
Abstract | Objectives: Characterisation of firefighters' exposures to dangerous chemicals in smoke from non-wildfire incidents, directly through personal monitoring and indirectly from work-related records, is scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between smoke particle exposures (P) and pulmonary function. Methods: The study period spanned from January 2010 through September 2021. Routine firefighting P were estimated using fire incident characteristics, response data and emission factors from a novel job exposure matrix. Linear mixed effects modelling was employed to estimate changes in pulmonary function as measured by forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV Results: Every 1000 kg P was associated with 13 mL lower FEV Discussion: Smoke particle exposures were observed to have modest short-term and long-term associations with pulmonary function, particularly in those who, previously, had high levels of WTC exposure. Future work examining the association between P and pulmonary function among non-WTC exposed firefighters will be essential for disentangling the effects of ageing, routine firefighting and WTC exposures. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Occupational Exposure/adverse effects ; Lung ; Forced Expiratory Volume ; Smoking/adverse effects ; Smoke/adverse effects ; Firefighters ; September 11 Terrorist Attacks |
Chemical Substances | Smoke |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-02-02 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 1180733-7 |
ISSN | 1470-7926 ; 1351-0711 |
ISSN (online) | 1470-7926 |
ISSN | 1351-0711 |
DOI | 10.1136/oemed-2023-109155 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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