Environmental Medicine Program, US Army Public Health Command, 5158 Black Hawk Rd., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010, USA.
J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Jun;54(6):717-23. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182572e37.
To assess the impact of exposure to a 2003 sulfur plant fire on the health of deployed US Army personnel.
The authors identified a small firefighter group known to be at the fire source and a larger, more dispersed population. Self-reported health status and respiratory health outcomes for these two groups were reviewed compared with two unexposed groups.
Self-reported health concerns, difficulty breathing, and shortness of breath were common in the exposed. Rates for chronic respiratory conditions increased in all groups from before to after deployment. Postdeployment medical encounters for chronic respiratory conditions among the exposed did not differ significantly from the unexposed comparison groups.
Potential exposure to the sulfur fire was positively associated with self-reported health concerns and symptoms but not with clinical encounters for chronic respiratory health conditions.
评估接触 2003 年硫磺厂火灾对部署的美国陆军人员健康的影响。
作者确定了一小群已知处于火源的消防员和一大群分布更广的人员。对这两组人员的自我报告的健康状况和呼吸道健康结果进行了回顾，并与两组未暴露的人员进行了比较。
暴露组自我报告的健康问题、呼吸困难和呼吸急促很常见。所有组的慢性呼吸道疾病发病率在部署前后均有所增加。暴露组与未暴露组比较，部署后慢性呼吸道疾病的医疗就诊次数没有显著差异。
可能接触硫磺火灾与自我报告的健康问题和症状呈正相关，但与慢性呼吸道健康状况的临床就诊次数无关。
