title: Toxicological aspects of firesmoke: polymer pyrolysis and combustion.
abstract: Combustion toxicology is a complex field, and predicting the thermal breakdown products of natural and synthetic polymers is an inexact science. Practitioners of emergency medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, industrial hygiene, and toxicology must keep in mind a wide range of potential combustion and pyrolysis products when dealing with clinical and regulatory issues in fire safety.
authors.affiliation: US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Orzel
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D005390:Fires / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012906:Smoke / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D015208:Smoke Inhalation Injury / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D011108:Polymers; D012906:Smoke