Toxicology, Survival and Health Hazards of Combustion Products

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• Overview of combustion toxicology;Fire types and combustion products;Estimating yields and quantities of mass releases of toxic products from fires;Products of combustion and toxicity from specific types of fires;Generation, sampling and quantification of toxic combustion products;Dispersion of fire plumes in the atmosphere;Application of animal models and human studies to prediction of combustion toxicity in humans;Haber's law and its application to combustion products;Carbon monoxide;Hydrogen cyanide: physiological effects of acute exposure during fires;Mechanism of action of combustion-derived nanoparticles;Dioxins and other carcingens;irritant gases;Acute effects of combinations of toxicologically active substances and heat on fire victims in buildings and during exposures to outdoor smoke plumes;Treatment of cyanide poisoning associated with fires;Acute lung injury following inhalation of irritant products of combustion;Health effects on groups exposed to wildland and urban fires;Buncefield fire;The World Trade Centre disaster;Providing advice to those exposed to combustion products;