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In vitro toxicity assessment of firefighters’ breathable air collected on polyu...
Bessa, M. J.; Teixeira, J.; Delerue-Matos, C.; Sarmento, B; Rodrigues, F.; Oliveira, M.Background: Occupational exposure as a firefighter has been recently classified as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) [1]. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are one of the main fire-related pollutants [3], and their presence in the breathable air of firefighters was already demonstrated [4]. However, the toxicity mechanisms involved in such exposures ...
Date: 2023
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Origin: Scientific Letters