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

In recent years, wildland fires have occurred more frequently and with increased intensity in
many fire-prone areas. In addition to the direct life and economic losses attributable to …

Exposure to environmental pollutants poses a great threat to human health. Oxidative stress
is one of the widely accepted toxicity mechanisms of pollutants, and oxidative stress …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure is suspected to be linked to oxidative
damage. Herein, ten PAH human exposure biomarkers [hydroxylated PAH metabolites (OH …

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 …

With the advancement of industrialization, the health risks in occupational environments are
attracting increasing attention, and growing efforts have been devoted to environmentally …

Human biomonitoring data retrieved from real-life wildland firefighting in Europe and, also,
worldwide are scarce. Thus, in this study, 176 Portuguese firefighters were biomonitored pre …

Occupational exposure as a firefighter is a complex activity that continuously exposes
subjects to several health hazards including fire emissions during firefighting. Firefighters …

H 2 O is essential for life to exist on earth; it is important to guarantee both the quality and
supply of water to satisfy world demand. However, it became contaminated by a number of …

Firefighters are daily exposed to adverse health-hazardous pollutants. Polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs), well known endocrine disruptors with carcinogenic, mutagenic, and …