Ottawa Firefighters’ Occupational Exposures to PAHs and Other Environmental Mutagens

A study on the Ottawa firefighters' exposures to combustion emissions during on-shift fire suppression.

Jennifer L. A. Keir, Umme S. Akhtar, David M. J. Matschke, Tracy L. Kirkham, Hing Man Chan, Pierre Ayotte, Paul A. White, and Jules M. Blais. Elevated Exposures to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Other Organic Mutagens in Ottawa Firefighters Participating in Emergency, On-Shift Fire Suppression. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2017, 51 (21), pp 12745–12755

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