Fire Scout
Medical
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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