Characterization of Firefighter Smoke Exposure

Fire Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 993-1019

  Fabian, Thomas Z ^a   Borgerson, Jacob L ^a   Gandhi, Pravinray D ^a   Baxter, C Stuart ^b   Ross, Clara Sue ^b   Lockey, James E ^b   Dalton, James M ^c  

^a UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Chicago Fire Department Office of Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Firefighter; Gases; Inhalation; Metals; Overhaul; PAHs; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Products of combustion; Respiratory protection; Size distribution; Smoke; Smoke particulate

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS METERS; GASES; INCLUSIONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METALS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MINERAL OILS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FIREFIGHTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; INHALATION; OVERHAUL; POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTION;

SMOKE;

EID: 84899573772     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-011-0212-2     Document Type: Article

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