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Association of PAH-DNA adducts in peripheral white blood cells with dietary exposure to polyaromatic hydrocarbons, Rothman N, Poirier MC, Haas RA, Correa-Villasenor A, Ford P, Hansen JA, O'Toole T, Strickland PT, March 1993 (abstract)
Contribution of occupation and diet to white blood cell polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts in wildland firefighters, Rothman N, Correa-Villasenor A, Ford DP, Poirier MC, Haas R, Hansen JA, O'Toole T, Strickland PT, July 1993 (abstract)
Determination of toxic material penetrations for wildland respirator filters, Foote, K L., May 1, 1994 (PDF format)
Forest worker exposure to airborne herbicide residues in smoke from prescribed fires in the southern United States, McMahon CK, Bush PB, April 1992 (abstract)
Medical helicopters: carbon monoxide risk? Poulton TJ, Feb 1987 (abstract)
Monitoring and analysis of occupational exposure to chain saw exhausts, Bunger J, Bombosch F, Mesecke U, Hallier E, Oct 1977 (abstract)
Occupational exposures in California wildland fire fighting, Materna BL, Jones JR, Sutton PM, Rothman N, Harrison RJ, Jan 1992 (abstract)
Occupational exposure to chain saw exhausts in logging operations, Nilsson CA, Lindahl R, Norstrom A, Feb 1987 (abstract)
Pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms in wildland firefighters, Rothman N, Ford DP, Baser ME, Hansen JA, O'Toole T, Tockman MS, Strickland PT, Nov 1991 (abstract)
Respiratory health hazards and lung function in wildland firefighters, Harrison R, Materna BL, Rothman N, Oct. 1995 (abstract)
Summary report; California Department of Forestry and Fire, February 1, 1996 (carbon monoxide study - PDF format)
The effect of smoke inhalation on lung function and airway responsiveness in wildland fire fighters, Liu D, Tager IB, Balmes JR, Harrison RJ, December 1992 (abstract)
The impact of glutathione s-transferase M1 and cytochrome P450 1A1 genotypes on white-blood-cell polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adduct levels in humans, Rothman N, Shields PG, Poirier MC, Harrington AM, Ford DP, Strickland PT, Sept. 1995 (abstract)

The Australian National Occupational Health & Safety Commission has a variety of information pertaining to wildland fire health issues, including:

Occupational safety and productivity of bushfire suppression crews
Occupational hazards of bushfire-suppression crews
Bush fire safety and physiological stresses on fire fighters
Carbon monoxide: is it a hazard to bushfire fighters?
Carbon monoxide unlikely to be a hazard to bushfire fighters
Fire fighters' exposure to carbon monoxide during Australian bushfires
Heat stress in bushfire fighters: a practitioner's perspective
The aetiology of post-traumatic morbidity: predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factors

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