Review of the health effects of wildland fire smoke on wildland firefighters and the public

O Adetona, TE Reinhardt, J Domitrovich… - Inhalation …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Each year, the general public and wildland firefighters in the US are exposed to smoke from
wildland fires. As part of an effort to characterize health risks of breathing this smoke, a …

Oxidative stress and inflammation generated DNA damage by exposure to air pollution particles

P Møller, PH Danielsen, DG Karottki, K Jantzen… - … research/Reviews in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Generation of oxidatively damaged DNA by particulate matter (PM) is hypothesized to occur
via production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and inflammation. We investigated this …

Estimated global mortality attributable to smoke from landscape fires

FH Johnston, SB Henderson, Y Chen… - Environmental …, 2012 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Forest, grass, and peat fires release approximately 2 petagrams of carbon into
the atmosphere each year, influencing weather, climate, and air quality. Objective: We …

COPD and chronic bronchitis risk of indoor air pollution from solid fuel: a systematic review and meta-analysis

OP Kurmi, S Semple, P Simkhada, WCS Smith… - Thorax, 2010 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Over half the world is exposed daily to the smoke from combustion of solid
fuels. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the main contributors to the …

Health effects of residential wood smoke particles: the importance of combustion conditions and physicochemical particle properties

A Kocbach Bølling, J Pagels, KE Yttri… - Particle and fibre …, 2009 - Springer
Background Residential wood combustion is now recognized as a major particle source in
many developed countries, and the number of studies investigating the negative health …

Oxidative stress, DNA damage, and inflammation induced by ambient air and wood smoke particulate matter in human A549 and THP-1 cell lines

PH Danielsen, P Møller, KA Jensen… - Chemical research in …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Combustion of biomass and wood for residential heating and/or cooking contributes
substantially to both ambient air and indoor levels of particulate matter (PM). Toxicological …

Differences in cytotoxicity versus pro-inflammatory potency of different PM fractions in human epithelial lung cells

M Gualtieri, J Øvrevik, JA Holme, MG Perrone… - Toxicology in vitro, 2010 - Elsevier
Air pollution in Milan causes health concern due to the high concentrations of particulate
matter (PM10 and PM2. 5). The aim of this study was to investigate possible seasonal …

Firefighters' personal exposure to gaseous PAHs during controlled forest fires: A case study with estimation of respiratory health risks and in vitro toxicity

J Teixeira, MJ Bessa, C Delerue-Matos… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Firefighters are daily exposed to adverse health-hazardous pollutants. Polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs), well known endocrine disruptors with carcinogenic, mutagenic, and …

[HTML][HTML] ERS/ATS workshop report on respiratory health effects of household air pollution

A Sood, NA Assad, PJ Barnes… - European …, 2018 - publications.ersnet.org
Exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from solid fuel combustion affects almost half of
the world population. Adverse respiratory outcomes such as respiratory infections, impaired …

Impact of wildfires on cardiovascular health

VA Williams, LR Perreault, CT Yazbeck… - Circulation …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Wildfire smoke (WFS) is a mixture of respirable particulate matter, environmental gases, and
other hazardous pollutants that originate from the unplanned burning of arid vegetation …