ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2017
Impact of Work Task-Related Acute Occupational Smoke Exposures on Select Proinflammatory Immune Parameters in Wildland Firefighters.
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- The wildland firefighter exposure and health effect (WFFEHE) study: cohort characteristics and health behavior changes in context.Annals of work exposures and health · 2024Pooled it
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- Simulated wildfire smoke particulate matter elicits STING-dependent astrocyte-mediated inflammatory signaling and neurotoxicity.Neurotoxicology · 2026Article
- A Flexible and Responsive Remote Study Design to Assess Gene Expression Changes During Wildfire Smoke Exposure with homeRNA, an At-home Blood Sampling Kit.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Wildland firefighter exposure and female cancer risk: currently available evidence.Annals of work exposures and health · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal Association of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases and Deaths With Exposure to Wildfire Particulate Matter in 2020.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- CardioRespiratory Effects of Wildfire Suppression (CREWS) study: an experimental overview.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Robust differential gene expression patterns in the prefrontal cortex of male mice exposed to an occupationally relevant dose of laboratory-generated wildfire smoke.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2024Article
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- Impact of Wildfires on Cardiovascular Health.Circulation research · 2024Review
- Baseline data and associations between urinary biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, blood pressure, hemogram, and lifestyle among wildland firefighters.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Rafting on the Evidence for Lipid Raft-like Domains as Hubs Triggering Environmental Toxicants' Cellular Effects.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Wildfire Smoke Exposure during Pregnancy: A Review of Potential Mechanisms of Placental Toxicity, Impact on Obstetric Outcomes, and Strategies to Reduce Exposure.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Differences in Fine Particle Exposure and Estimated Pulmonary Ventilation Rate with Respect to Work Tasks of Wildland Firefighters at Prescribed Burns: A Repeated Measures Study.Annals of work exposures and health · 2022Article
- The impact of wildfire smoke and temperature on traumatic worker injury claims, Oregon 2009-2018.Health science reports · 2022Article
- The Wildland Firefighter Exposure and Health Effect (WFFEHE) Study: Rationale, Design, and Methods of a Repeated-Measures Study.Annals of work exposures and health · 2022Article
- Health risks and mitigation strategies from occupational exposure to wildland fire: a scoping review.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2022Article
- Increasing oral PMN during experimental gingivitis and its reversal by prophylaxis.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2021Article
- Social status and susceptibility to wildfire smoke among outdoor-housed female rhesus monkeys: A natural experiment.Heliyon · 2021Article
- Are Inflammatory Markers an Indicator of Exposure or Effect in Firefighters Fighting a Devastating Wildfire? Follow-up of a Cohort in Alberta, Canada.Annals of work exposures and health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveA repeated measures study was used to assess the effect of work tasks on select proinflammatory biomarkers in firefighters working at prescribed burns.
methodsTen firefighters and two volunteers were monitored for particulate matter and carbon monoxide on workdays, January to July 2015. Before and after workshift dried blood spots were analyzed for inflammatory mediators using the Meso Scale Discovery assay, while blood smears were used to assess leukocyte parameters.
resultsFirefighters lighting with drip-torches had higher cross-work-shift increases in interleukin-8, C-reactive protein, and serum amyloid A compared with holding, a task involving management of fire boundaries. A positive association between interleukin-8 and segmented-neutrophil was observed.
conclusionResults from this study suggest that intermittent occupational diesel exposures contribute to cross-work-shift changes in host systemic innate inflammation as indicated by elevated interleukin-8 levels and peripheral blood segmented-neutrophils.
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