| Document ID (ISN) | 21866 |
| CIS number |
74-2062 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1974 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sammons J.H., Coleman R.L. |
| Title |
Firefighters' occupational exposure to carbon monoxide. |
| Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1974, Vol.16, No.8, p.543-546. 9 ref. |
| Abstract |
36 men from the Oklahoma City Fire Department were investigated and paired with a control group of non-firefighters as to age, weight, height, race, smoking habits and family history of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Blood specimens from each test and control subject were taken and analysed every 28 days throughout a 5-month period. Carboxyhaemoglobin and reduced haemoglobin saturations were measured and serum enzyme activities determined. It was concluded that: (1) the non-smoking firefighter by virtue of his occupation has already achieved the maximum allowable carboxyhaemoglobin concentration; and (2) as a group, the test population manifested changes in enzyme activities indicative of myocardial damage. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
fire services; smoke; carbon monoxide |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
smoking; enzyme disturbances; comparative study; carboxyhaemoglobin level; haemoglobin monitoring; myocardial diseases |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Carbon monoxide
Fire fighting, police, prisons and the armed forces
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