Occupational Exposures to Cyanide in Baltimore Fire Fighters
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Vol. 20 (1) , 53-56
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00043764-197801000-00011
Abstract
A group of 479 fire fighters were investigated for routine exposure to hydrogen cyanide in the fire atmosphere using measurements of serum SCN-. Fire fighters were exposed to levels of hydrogen cyanide sufficient to raise their mean serum SCN- levels above that of controls. This elevation of serum SCN- occurred independently of smoking habits. Exposures to cyanide occurred much less frequently than previously studied exposures to CO. Difficulties of correlating acute symptoms and the effectiveness of mask use with serum SCN- are discussed.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES TO CARBON-MONOXIDE IN BALTIMORE FIREFIGHTERS1976
- A Chemical Test for Smoking ExposureArchives of environmental health, 1967
- The effect of cyanide on the electrocardiogram of manAmerican Heart Journal, 1947