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Title

Effect of wood smoke exposure on vascular function and thrombus formation in health fire fighters
Document Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Amanda L. Hunter; Jon Unosson; Jenny A. Bosson; Jeremy P. Langrish; Jamshid Pourazar; Jennifer B. Raftis; Mark R. Miller; Andrew J. Lucking; Christoffer Boman; Robin Nystrom; Kenneth Donaldson; Andrew D. Flapan; Anoop S. V. Shah; Louis Pung; Ioannis Sadiktsis; Silvia Masala; Roger Westerholm; Thomas Sandstrom; Anders Blomberg; David E. Newby; Nicholas L. Mills
Publication Year: 2014

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Keyword(s):
  • air pollution
  • firefighters
  • thrombosis
  • vascular function
  • wood smoke
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Region(s):
  • International
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Record Last Modified: September 8, 2017
FRAMES Record Number: 20953

Description

Myocardial infarction is the leading cause of death in fire fighters and has been linked with exposure to air pollution and fire suppression duties. We therefore investigated the effects of wood smoke exposure on vascular vasomotor and fibrinolytic function, and thrombus formation in healthy fire fighters.

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Hunter, Amanda L.; Unosson, Jon; Bosson, Jenny A.; Langrish, Jeremy P.; Pourazar, Jamshid; Raftis, Jennifer B.; Miller, Mark R.; Lucking, Andrew J.; Boman, Christoffer; Nystrom, Robin; Donaldson, Kenneth; Flapan, Andrew D.; Shah, Anoop S. V.; Pung, Louis; Sadiktsis, Ioannis; Masala, Silvia; Westerholm, Roger; Sandstrom, Thomas; Blomberg, Anders; Newby, David E.; Mills, Nicholas L. 2014. Effect of wood smoke exposure on vascular function and thrombus formation in health fire fighters. Particle and Fibre Toxicology 11:62.