Firefighter's occupational exposure to PM2.5 and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2016

Authors

Oliveira, M (Author) Other; Klara Slezakova (Author) FEUP; Fernandes, A (Author) Other; Vaz, JA (Author) Other; Delerue Matos, C (Author) Other; Morais, S (Author) Other; Maria do Carmo Pereira (Author) FEUP

Book

Title: Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV

Pages: 73-76

ISBN: 978-1-138-02942-2

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Associated Projects

LEPABE - Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia

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Authenticus ID: P-00K-PCY

Abstract (EN): This study collected the personal PM2.5 air fraction in fifteen healthy and no-smoking firefighters during their normal shift inside four Portuguese fire stations. Indoor PM2.5 levels varied between 0.05 to 1.04 mu g/m(3). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are known for their ubiquity and toxicity, being some of them classified as carcinogenic and possible carcinogens to humans. Firefighters' personal PM2.5-bound total PAH concentrations ranged between 35.8 to 294 ng/m(3) with total carcinogenic PAHs accounting with 12% to the total PAHs. Benzo[a]pyrene, the PAH biomarker of carcinogenicity, was detected in levels ranging from 6.74 x 10(-2) to 1.00 ng/m(3).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4