Short term exposure to cooking fumes and pulmonary function

Short term exposure to cooking fumes and pulmonary function

BACKGROUND Exposure to cooking fumes may have different deleterious effects on the respiratory system. The aim of this study was to look at possible effects from inhalation of cooking fumes on pulmonary function. METHODS Two groups of 12 healthy volunteers (A and B) stayed in a model kitchen for two and four hours respectively, and were monitored with spirometry four times during twenty four ...

Inflammatory Markers in Blood and Exhaled Air after Short-Term Exposure to Cooking Fumes

OBJECTIVES Cooking fumes contain aldehydes, alkanoic acids, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and heterocyclic compounds. The inhalation of cooking fumes entails a risk of deleterious health effects. The aim of this study was to see if the inhalation of cooking fumes alters the expression of inflammatory reactions in the bronchial mucosa and its subsequent systemic inflammatory response in bloo...

Exposure to cooking fumes in restaurant kitchens in norway.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess exposure to fat aerosols and aldehydes in kitchens and to study the variations in exposure between different types of kitchen. METHODS Measurements were made in four hotel kitchens, two hamburger chain restaurants, 10 à la carte restaurants and three small local restaurants serving mostly fried food. The measurements were performed as persona...

Pulmonary effects of acute exposure to nitrous fumes.

Four cases of poisoning by nitrous fumes are reported. Three patients presented with pulmonary oedema, and one of these progressed to the phase of bronchiolitis obliterans; the fourth patient presented with the clinical features of bronchiolitis obliterans. Pulmonary function studies in both phases showed a predominantly restrictive pattern of ventilatory abnormality with a tendency to hypoxaem...

Short-Term Exposure to Outdoor Pollutants and Loss of Pulmonary Function in the Elderly