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Systematic review of impacts of occupational exposure to wildfire smoke on respiratory function, symptoms, measures and diseases

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posted on 2025-11-12, 04:04 authored by Healthy Working Lives Research GroupHealthy Working Lives Research Group, Asmare GelawAsmare Gelaw, Professor Karen Walker-Bone, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf
<p dir="ltr">Wildfire smoke contains numerous hazardous air pollutants which pose serious health risks to humans. Despite this, there has been a limited focus on the assessment of the acute physiological and longer-term respiratory effects of wildfire exposure on firefighters and other emergency workers. Therefore, we undertook a systematic review of the evidence about the respiratory impacts of occupational wildfire smoke exposure among wildfire fighters (WFF).</p>

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