Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of chemicals of considerable
environmental significance. PAHs are chemical contaminants of fused carbon and hydrogen …

Firefighting is physically and physiologically exhausting besides encompassing exposure to
toxic fire emissions. Biomonitoring studies from the past five years have been significantly …

The aging population worldwide is facing a significant increase in age-related non-
communicable diseases, including cardiovascular and brain pathologies. This …

Air pollution is the most important environmental risk factor for disease and premature death,
and exposure to combustion particles from vehicles is a major contributor. Human …

Objective: The primary aim of this systematic review was to examine the relationship of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and …

Occupational exposure as a firefighter has recently been classified as a carcinogen to
humans by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Biomonitoring has been …

Hypertension is a common chronic cardiovascular disease (CVD). Early screening and
diagnosis of hypertension plays a major role in its prevention and in the control of CVDs. Our …

Firefighters represent one of the riskiest occupations, yet due to the logistic reasons, the
respective exposure assessment is one of the most challenging. Thus, this work assessed …

Introduction Firefighting is one of the most hazardous occupations due to exposure to per-
and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Such …

Objective The main aim of the study was to illustrate the association between urinary
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their metabolites with cardiovascular diseases …