Carbon monoxide in firemen before and after exposure to smoke.
A statistically significant difference was found between the mean baseline carboxyhemoglobin of non-smoking firemen (COHb 2.53, sd = 1.05, n = 32) and smoking firemen (COHb 5.54, sd = 2.61, n = 26). A consistent increase in mean COHb levels after exposure to smoke was seen in both non-smoking (4.41 sd = 2.95, n = 7) and smoking men (8.74, sd = 5.66, n = 11), but the mean increase in these two groups was statistically significant only at the 90 percent level (t = 1.85, df = 16, p less than 0.1).
D000328:Adult; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D005390:Fires; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012906:Smoke; D012907:Smoking
D006454:Hemoglobins; D012906:Smoke; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin