Combustion products and other firefighter exposures

P S Lees

Combustion products and other firefighter exposures

Occup Med. 1995 Oct-Dec;10(4):691-706.

Author

P S Lees¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 8903743

Abstract

The author examines a wide variety of substances, from smoke, to synthetic products, and even the products that are used to fight fires. Measurements of exposure are discussed for carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, and other chemicals.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Air Pollutants, Occupational* / adverse effects
Air Pollutants, Occupational* / analysis
Fires*
Gases / toxicity
Guidelines as Topic
Hazardous Substances* / adverse effects
Hazardous Substances* / analysis
Hot Temperature / adverse effects
Humans
Smoke / adverse effects

Substances

Air Pollutants, Occupational
Gases
Hazardous Substances
Smoke