Prolonged occupational exposure leads to allergic airway sensitization and chronic airway and systemic inflammation in professional firefighters

Little data exist on short- and long-term effects of occupational exposure on airway and systemic inflammation in professional firefighters. We aimed to characterize airway and systemic inflammation in training firefighters with a maximum occupational exposure of 1 year compared to the long-term exposure of professional firefighters.

Source: Respiratory Medicine CME - July 11, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Niki Gianniou, Paraskevi Katsaounou, Efrossini Dima, Chariklia-Eleni Giannakopoulou, Matina Kardara, Vassiliki Saltagianni, Rodoula Trigidou, Aggeliki Kokkini, Petros Bakakos, Evangelos Markozannes, Eleni Litsiou, Alexandros Tsakatikas, Christos Papadopou Source Type: research