Health threats to Polish firefighters during vehicle fires – analysis of fire and rescue operations in Poland in 2017–2022.
Background: Firefighters while extinguishing fires, are exposed to air pollution resulting from combustion processes, especially dangerous when originating from the combustion of plastics. Air pollution during a fire results from the release of gases, vapors, smokes, and dusts of varying composition...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 930 - 940 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Feb2025
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