Working in Smoke: Wildfire Impacts on the Health of Firefighters and Outdoor Workers and Mitigation Strategies

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• Personal Author:
  Navarro K
• Description:
  Wildland firefighters work on wildfire incidents all over the United States and perform arduous work under extreme work conditions, including exposure to smoke. Wildland fire smoke is a mixture of hazardous air pollutants. For assessing wildland firefighter exposure to smoke, most studies measured carbon monoixde (CO) and particulate matter and reported changes in lung health by measured lung function, airway responsiveness, and respiratory symptoms across individual work shifts and single fire seasons. All fire personnel should understand the hazards of smoke and develop ways to mitigate exposure to smoke. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Firefighters Fires Lung Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Safety Wildfires
• Keywords:
  Air Pollutants Author Keywords: Wildfire Fire Fighters Lung Function Outdoor Workers Particulate Matter Particulates Respiratory Health Smoke Smoke Control Wildland Fire Smoke

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• ISSN:
  0272-5231
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  41
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061407
• Citation:
  Clin Chest Med 2020 Dec; 41(4):763-769
• Contact Point Address:
  Kathleen Navarro, PhD, MPH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum Avenue MS 13, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  knavarro@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Clinics in Chest Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:76757e4412c1bc218cba87b5116cfe247ef1498dff43c8529f546cc1a621bb1750e9a496a138529dd18433e8ae0191056e4631516360fdd9eea2490006227fb3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224943/cdc_224943_DS1.pdf
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