Inflammatory effects of woodsmoke exposure among wildland firefighters working at prescribed burns at the savannah river site, SC

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 173-180

  Hejl, Anna M ^a   Adetona, Olorunfemi ^a   Diaz Sanchez, David ^b   Carter, Jacqueline D ^b   Commodore, Adwoa A ^a   Rathbun, Stephen L ^a   Naeher, Luke P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

dried blood spot; inflammation; interleukin 8; prescribed burns; wildland firefighters; woodsmoke

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FIRE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

CYTOKINES; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FIREFIGHTERS; FIRES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; SOUTH CAROLINA; WOOD;

EID: 84874765467     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2012.760064     Document Type: Article

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