Immune and inflammatory responses of Australian firefighters after repeated exposures to the heat

Ergonomics

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2032-2039

  Walker, Anthony ^a,b   Keene, Toby ^c   Argus, Christos ^a,d   Driller, Matthew ^e   Guy, Joshua H ^f   Rattray, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b ACT Fire Rescue Service   (Australia)

^c ACT Genetics Service   (Australia)

^d ACT Brumbies Rugby   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cardiac risk; immune response; inflammation; occupational stress; safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DISASTERS; HEART; PLATELETS;

CARDIAC RISKS; CORE TEMPERATURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE; NATURAL DISASTERS; OCCUPATIONAL STRESS; OPERATIONAL TASKS;

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IL10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TNF PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART DISEASE; HEAT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLASMA VOLUME; REST; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIREFIGHTERS; HEART DISEASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA VOLUME; PLATELET COUNT; REST; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84931026732     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1051596     Document Type: Article

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