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IARC Working Group on the Identification of Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans. Occupational Exposure as a Firefighter. Lyon (FR): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2023. (IARC Monographs on the Identification of Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans, No. 132.)

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Fig. 1.4

Wildland firefighter during a controlled forest fire in northern Portugal

It is common for wildland firefighters not to wear self-contained breathing apparatus, despite proximity to fire effluents.

From Marta Oliveira (4FirHealth Research Team).

From: 1., Exposure Characterization

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