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View article: Micronucleus assay in buccal and urothelial epithelial cells of wildland firefighters exposed to wildfire smoke
Micronucleus assay in buccal and urothelial epithelial cells of wildland firefighters exposed to wildfire smoke Open
Occupational exposure as a firefighter is classified as carcinogenic to humans. However, information on the biological effects of wildland firefighting remains limited. This study aimed to assess genotoxicity in a group of wildland firefig…
View article: Impact of wildfire emissions exposure on the associations between levels of lung injury, lipid peroxidation, DNA oxidation, and exposure biomarkers
Impact of wildfire emissions exposure on the associations between levels of lung injury, lipid peroxidation, DNA oxidation, and exposure biomarkers Open
Firefighters face increased risks of developing cardio-respiratory diseases and cancer. This study aimed, for the first time, to simultaneously characterize several biomarkers of effect (lung injury by Clara cell 16 -CC16, lipid peroxidati…
View article: Air Pollution and Health Impacts of Wildfire Seasons: Insights from Northern Portugal
Air Pollution and Health Impacts of Wildfire Seasons: Insights from Northern Portugal Open
Wildfires emit significant amounts of pollutants into the atmosphere, which can cause a range of health effects, from acute symptoms to increased emergency visits, hospital admissions, and even mortality in the general population. This stu…
View article: Impact of occupational exposure to wildfire events on systemic inflammatory biomarkers in Portuguese wildland firefighters
Impact of occupational exposure to wildfire events on systemic inflammatory biomarkers in Portuguese wildland firefighters Open
While occupational exposure as a firefighter is considered a dangerous occupation, research on the underlying mechanisms remains limited, particularly in wildland firefighters. Inflammation, a key effect of wildfire exposure, plays a signi…
View article: Occupational exposure to wildland firefighting and its effects on systemic DNA damage
Occupational exposure to wildland firefighting and its effects on systemic DNA damage Open
Results obtained provide insights into the potential human health effects of wildland firefighting occupational exposure at the genetic and molecular levels, offering new and important mechanistic data. These findings are crucial for imple…
View article: Biomonitoring of firefighters' exposure to priority pollutant metal(loid)s during wildland fire combat missions: Impact on urinary levels and health risks
Biomonitoring of firefighters' exposure to priority pollutant metal(loid)s during wildland fire combat missions: Impact on urinary levels and health risks Open
Wildland firefighters are exposed to metal(loid)s released during wildfires through vegetation combustion, which also promotes remobilization of accumulated anthropogenic metal(loid)s. Studies biomonitoring metal(loid)s exposure promoted e…
View article: Biomonitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure and short-time health effects in wildland firefighters during real-life fire events
Biomonitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure and short-time health effects in wildland firefighters during real-life fire events Open
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- and post- unsimulated wildfire combating (average:12…
View article: Baseline data and associations between urinary biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, blood pressure, hemogram, and lifestyle among wildland firefighters
Baseline data and associations between urinary biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, blood pressure, hemogram, and lifestyle among wildland firefighters Open
Introduction Available literature has found an association between firefighting and pathologic pathways leading to cardiorespiratory diseases, which have been linked with exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). PAHs are highli…
View article: Continent-based systematic review of the short-term health impacts of wildfire emissions
Continent-based systematic review of the short-term health impacts of wildfire emissions Open
This review systematically gathers and provides an analysis of pollutants levels emitted from wildfire (WF) and their impact on short-term health effects of affected populations. The available literature was searched according to Populatio…
View article: Biomonitoring of firefighting forces: a review on biomarkers of exposure to health-relevant pollutants released from fires
Biomonitoring of firefighting forces: a review on biomarkers of exposure to health-relevant pollutants released from fires Open
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 increasingly used to characterize exposure of firefighting forces t…
View article: Unveiling Urinary Mutagenicity by the Ames Test for Occupational Risk Assessment: A Systematic Review
Unveiling Urinary Mutagenicity by the Ames Test for Occupational Risk Assessment: A Systematic Review Open
Occupational exposure may involve a variety of toxic compounds. A mutagenicity analysis using the Ames test can provide valuable information regarding the toxicity of absorbed xenobiotics. Through a search of relevant databases, this syste…
View article: Firefighters’ occupational exposure: Contribution from biomarkers of effect to assess health risks
Firefighters’ occupational exposure: Contribution from biomarkers of effect to assess health risks Open
View article: Loss of Chromosome Y and Its Potential Applications as Biomarker in Health and Forensic Sciences
Loss of Chromosome Y and Its Potential Applications as Biomarker in Health and Forensic Sciences Open
Loss of chromosome Y (LOY) is a mosaic aneuploidy that can be detected mainly in blood samples of male individuals. Usually, LOY occurrence increases with chronological age in healthy men. Moreover, recently LOY has been reported in associ…
View article: Loss of chromosome Y (LOY) in blood cells and its potential as a molecular biomarker of age-related diseases
Loss of chromosome Y (LOY) in blood cells and its potential as a molecular biomarker of age-related diseases Open