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Understanding airborne contaminants produced by different fuel packages during training fires

Kenneth W. FentDivision of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, Ohio; Correspondence[email protected]
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Alexander MayerDivision of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, Ohio; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2141-9033View further author information
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Stephen BertkeDivision of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, Ohio; View further author information
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Steve KerberFirefighter Safety Research Institute, Underwriters Laboratories, Columbia, Maryland; View further author information
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Denise SmithHealth and Human Physiological Sciences Department, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York; ;Illinois Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IllinoisView further author information
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Gavin P. HornIllinois Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IllinoisView further author information
Pages 532-543 | Published online: 06 Jun 2019

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Gavin P. Horn, Kenneth W. Fent, Steve Kerber & Denise L. Smith. (2022) Hierarchy of contamination control in the fire service: Review of exposure control options to reduce cancer risk. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 19:9, pages 538-557.
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Gavin P. Horn, Daniel Madrzykowski, Danielle L. Neumann, Alexander C. Mayer & Kenneth W. Fent. (2022) Airborne contamination during post-fire investigations: Hot, warm and cold scenes. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 19:1, pages 35-49.
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Alexander C. Mayer, Gavin P. Horn, Kenneth W. Fent, Steve J. Bertke, Steve Kerber, Richard M. Kesler, Hannah Newman & Denise L. Smith. (2020) Impact of select PPE design elements and repeated laundering in firefighter protection from smoke exposure. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 17:11-12, pages 505-514.
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Gavin P. Horn, Keith Stakes, Danielle L. Neumann, Daniel Madrzykowski & Kenneth W. Fent. (2023) Exposure Risks and Potential Control Measures for a Fire Behavior Lab Training Structure: Part B—Chemical Gas Concentrations. Fire Technology 59:6, pages 3255-3282.
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Gavin P. Horn, Nicholas W. Dow & Danielle L. Neumann. (2023) Pilot Study on Fire Effluent Condensate from Full Scale Residential Fires. Fire Technology.
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Andrea F. Wilkinson, Kenneth W. Fent, Alexander C. Mayer, I-Chen Chen, Richard M. Kesler, Steve Kerber, Denise L. Smith & Gavin P. Horn. (2023) Use of Preliminary Exposure Reduction Practices or Laundering to Mitigate Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Contamination on Firefighter Personal Protective Equipment Ensembles. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20:3, pages 2108.
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Kenneth W. Fent, Alexander C. Mayer, Christine Toennis, Deborah Sammons, Shirley Robertson, I-Chen Chen, Deepak Bhandari, Benjamin C. Blount, Steve Kerber, Denise L. Smith & Gavin P. Horn. (2022) Firefighters’ urinary concentrations of VOC metabolites after controlled-residential and training fire responses. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 242, pages 113969.
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Alexander C. Mayer, Kenneth W. Fent, Andrea Wilkinson, I-Chen Chen, Steve Kerber, Denise L. Smith, Richard M. Kesler & Gavin P. Horn. (2022) Characterizing exposure to benzene, toluene, and naphthalene in firefighters wearing different types of new or laundered PPE. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 240, pages 113900.
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John W. Regan. (2021) Heat Release Rate Characterization of NFPA 1403 Compliant Training Fuels. Fire Technology 57:4, pages 1847-1867.
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Elizabeth C Lefferts, Alexander J Rosenberg, Georgios Grigoriadis, Sang Ouk Wee, Stephen Kerber, Kenneth W Fent, Gavin P Horn, Denise L Smith & Bo Fernhall. (2021) Firefighter hemodynamic responses to different fire training environments. Vascular Medicine 26:3, pages 240-246.
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