Firefighter's occupational exposure to PM2.5 and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

This study collected the personal PM2.5 air fraction in fifteen healthy and no-smoking firefighters during their normal shift inside four Portuguese fire stations. Indoor PM2.5 levels varied between 0.05 to 1.04 mu g/m(3). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are known for their ubiquity and toxi...

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Main Author: Oliveira, M (author)
Other Authors: Klara Slezakova (author), Fernandes, A (author), Vaz, JA (author), Delerue Matos, C (author), Morais, S (author), Maria do Carmo Pereira (author)
Format: book
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/104839
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/104839
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Summary:This study collected the personal PM2.5 air fraction in fifteen healthy and no-smoking firefighters during their normal shift inside four Portuguese fire stations. Indoor PM2.5 levels varied between 0.05 to 1.04 mu g/m(3). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are known for their ubiquity and toxicity, being some of them classified as carcinogenic and possible carcinogens to humans. Firefighters' personal PM2.5-bound total PAH concentrations ranged between 35.8 to 294 ng/m(3) with total carcinogenic PAHs accounting with 12% to the total PAHs. Benzo[a]pyrene, the PAH biomarker of carcinogenicity, was detected in levels ranging from 6.74 x 10(-2) to 1.00 ng/m(3).

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