TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Measuring acute pulmonary responses to occupational wildland fire smoke exposure using exhaled breath condensate
JO  - Archives of environmental and occupational health
A1  - Wu, Chieh-Ming
A1  - Adetona, Anna
A1  - Song, Chi Chuck
A1  - Naeher, Luke
A1  - Adetona, Olorunfemi
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Wildland firefighters are directly exposed to elevated levels of wildland fire (WF) smoke. Although studies demonstrate WF smoke exposure is associated with lung function changes, few studies that use invasive sample collection methods have been conducted to investigate underlying biochemical changes. These methods are also either unrepresentative of the deeper airways or capable of inducing inflammation. In the present study, levels of biomarkers of oxidative stress (8-isoprostane) and pro-inflammatory response (interleukin-6 [IL-6], interleukin-8 [IL-8], C-reactive protein [CRP], and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 [sICAM-1]) were determined in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) samples that were collected from firefighters before, after, and next morning following prescribed burn and regular work shifts. <br><br>RESULTS show only a marginal cross-shift increase in 8-isoprostane on burn days (.05 < p value <.1), suggesting WF smoke exposure causes mild pulmonary responses.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1933-8244
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19338244.2018.1562413
ID  - ref1
ER  -