Biomonitoring in California Firefighters

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Dobraca, Dina ; Israel, Leslie ; McNeel, Sandra ; Voss, Robert ; Wang, Miaomiao ; Gajek, Ryszard ; Park, June-Soo ; Harwani, Suhash ; Barley, Frank ; She, Jianwen ; Das, Rupali
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  To assess California firefighters' blood concentrations of selected chemicals and compare with a representative US population.
  
  Methods:
  
  We report laboratory methods and analytic results for cadmium, lead, mercury, and manganese in whole blood and 12 serum perfluorinated chemicals in a sample of 101 Southern California firefighters.
  
  Results:
  
  Firefighters' blood metal concentrations were all similar to or lower than the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) values, except for six participants whose mercury concentrations (range: 9.79 to 13.42 μg/L) were close to or higher than the NHANES reporting threshold of 10 μg/L. Perfluorodecanoic acid concentrations were elevated compared with NHANES and other firefighter studies.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Perfluorodecanoic acid concentrations were three times higher in this firefighter group than in NHANES adult males. Firefighters may have unidentified sources of occupational exposure to perfluorinated chemicals.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Original Article
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 2015; 57(1):88-97.
• Pubmed ID:
  25563545
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4274322
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  5U38EH000481-02/EH/NCEH CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fb66b6ff33b74a43965b1ebb793a16f9f678fb996f1a57fb5fd7ea381ba92b01
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32367/cdc_32367_DS1.pdf
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