Occupational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Elevated Cancer Incidence in Firefighters
- Submitting institution
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University of Central Lancashire
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 21626
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41598-018-20616-6
- Title of journal
- Scientific Reports
- Article number
- 2476
- First page
- -
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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D - Centre for Fire and Hazards Science
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This study provided the first experimental evidence to show firefighter’s skin exposure to carcinogenic PAH. It has led to:
- a £250 k study on firefighter’s occupational diseases, sponsored by the Fire Brigades Union,
- Prof Stec giving evidence to the House of Commons Environment Audit Committee,
- an investigation by the Government’s Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, at which Prof Stec gave evidence,
- an investigation by the National Fire Chiefs Council PPE Contaminants Group,
- a presentation in the European Parliament.
The work, used by 43 research groups worldwide, has refocussed firefighter cancer studies, from respiratory to dermal exposure.
- Author contribution statement
- -
- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
- -
