ArticleJournal of asthma and allergy2018
Acute effects of smoke exposure on airway and systemic inflammation in forest firefighters.
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- The Effect of Fire Smoke Exposure on Firefighters' Lung Function: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- From combustion to consequence: respiratory health concerns from primary and aged smoke at the wildland-urban interface.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Modeling Daily Plume Specific Smoke Concentrations for Health Effects Studies with Estimates of Fire Size, Plume Age, and Fuel Type.ACS ES&T air · 2025Article
- Urban Lifestyle and Climate-Driven Environmental Exposures: Immunological Consequences for Pediatric Respiratory Allergies.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2025Review
- CardioRespiratory Effects of Wildfire Suppression (CREWS) study: an experimental overview.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Association of firefighting exposures with lung function using a novel job exposure matrix (JEM).Occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
- The Occupational Health Effects of Responding to a Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion Among Emergency First Responders - Lincoln County, Kentucky, 2019.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2022Article
- Health research priorities for wildland firefighters: a modified Delphi study with stakeholder interviews.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Observations of Delayed Changes in Respiratory Function among Allergy Clinic Patients Exposed to Wildfire Smoke.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
- Health risks and mitigation strategies from occupational exposure to wildland fire: a scoping review.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2022Article
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionThe aim of this study was to assess respiratory health and airway and systemic inflammation in professional forest firefighters post firefighting.
methodsA total of 60 firefighters who participated in forest firefighting operations in Greece during 2008 were included in the study. A questionnaire consisting of symptoms and exposure, pulmonary function, atopy, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and markers of inflammation in induced sputum, serum, and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid was assessed.
resultsA measurable eosinophilic and neutrophilic inflammation was shown to be induced in the bronchial airways after acute exposure during forest firefighting. This was associated with increased respiratory symptoms from the upper and lower respiratory tract and pulmonary function impairment. Additionally, a measurable systemic inflammatory response was demonstrated. This study showed that acute exposure during forest firefighting significantly augments the intensity of airway and systemic inflammation in relation to the baseline inflammatory background due to chronic exposure.
conclusionThe repeated acute exposures during firefighting augment the burden of chronic airway and systemic inflammation and may eventually lead to allergic sensitization of the airways and increased incidence of rhinitis and asthma after prolonged exposure.
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