Wood Smoke and Health Research Papers

[Woodnyet]

Here are a few of the many articles from online scientific journals, which present findings on
wood smoke research. Some of these documents may become unavailable without notice.

Research Papers

Shedding new light on wood smoke: a risk factor for respiratory health
http://www.erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/cont ... l/27/3/446

Health Effects of Subchronic Exposure to Low Levels of Wood Smoke in Rats
http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/co ... l/65/1/115

Case Report: A Case of Wood-Smoke–Related Pulmonary Disease
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articl ... id=1459932

Lung Cancer Pathogenesis Associated With Wood Smoke Exposure*
http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/128/1/124

Urinary Biomarkers in Charcoal Workers Exposed to Wood Smoke in Bahia State, Brazil
http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/13/6/1005

Short-term Effects of Wood Smoke Exposure on the Respiratory System Among Charcoal Production Workers
http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/full/119/4/1260

Birth Weight and Exposure to Kitchen Wood Smoke During Pregnancy in Rural Guatemala
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2002/1 ... -full.html

Exposure to biomass smoke and chronic airway disease in Mexican women. A case-control study
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/conte ... /154/3/701

Reflex apneic response evoked by laryngeal exposure to wood smoke in rats: neural and chemical mechanisms
http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/83/3/723

Stimulation of vagal pulmonary C fibers by inhaled wood smoke in rats
http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/84/1/30

Comparison of exogenous surfactants in the treatment of wood smoke inhalation
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/conte ... /152/2/597

Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Wood Smoke Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
http://meeting.chestjournal.org/cgi/con ... 4/4/168S-b

Highly Polar Organic Compounds Present in Wood Smoke and in the Ambient Atmosphere
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cg ... 1420r.html

Research Papers (PDF FILES)

Wood Smoke Inhalation Causes Alveolar Instability in a Dose-Dependent Fashion *
http://www.rcjournal.com/contents/08.05/08.05.1062.pdf

Household wood and charcoal smoke increases risk of otitis media in childhood in Maputo
http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/33/3/573.pdf

Evaluation of a New Approach for Real Time Assessment of Wood Smoke PM
http://www.nescaum.org/documents/2004-1 ... r_awma.pdf

Wood smoke extract induces oxidative stress-mediated caspase-independent
apoptosis in human lung endothelial cells: Role of AIF and EndoG (2.2 mb file)
http://ajplung.physiology.org/cgi/repri ... 2005v1.pdf


PAY-per-View Articles
Experimental Wood Smoke Exposure in Humans
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/t ... 1/art00002

Midpolarity and Nonpolar Wood Smoke Particulate Matter Fractions Deplete Glutathione in RAW 264.7 Macrophages
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cg ... 0172f.html

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[FriendofAir]

Great collection. Quite compelling, much like the research on cigarettes years ago. (I think the lawyers are still making money using all those cigarette smoke discoveries).

Unfortunately the people who need to read the research (regulators and wood burners) probably won't (for awhile anyway).

[Woodnyet]

Here are more links to research studies published online concerning wood smoke. This continued presentation is intended
for those who enjoy reading and understanding scientific papers. Some of these documents may become unavailable without notice.

Research Papers

Wood smoke exposure and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
http://erj.ersjournals.com/cgi/content/full/27/3/542

Physicochemical characterisation of combustion particles from vehicle exhaust and residential wood smoke.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entre ... m%2Cisrctn

The immunotoxic effect in the lung of combustion particles from wood smoke and road traffic - Biannual report 2006
http://www.vista.no/areas/environment/p ... ad-traffic

Airway hyperresponsiveness to bronchoconstrictor challenge after wood smoke exposure in guinea pigs.
http://grande.nal.usda.gov/ibids/index. ... row=162552

Comparison of Wood Smoke Particles from Source Emissions and in Urban Air
Abstract for presentation at 14th IUAPPA World Congress
http://www.iuappa2007.com/abstract/65.htm


Research Papers .PDF/.DOC format

Biomass Smoke Experimental Studies in Humans (large file 6.5mb)
www.umt.edu/cehs/ibshe_presentations/Balmes.pdf

PM Toxicology: Latest Findings and EPRI’s New Research Initiatives/Annette Rohr, Sc.D.
www.netl.doe.gov/publications/proceedin ... t/Rohr.pdf

CASE REPORT: Wood-Smoke Exposure: An Unusual Cause of Miliary Mottling on Chest X-ray
http://medind.nic.in/iae/t03/i4/iaet03i4p273.pdf

Translocation of particles and inflammatory responses after exposure to fine particles and nanoparticles in an epithelial airway model
http://www.particleandfibretoxicology.c ... 77-4-9.pdf

INITIAL RESULTS ON USE OF SUBCRITICAL WATER FOR EXTRACTION AND FRACTIONATION OF ORGANIC AEROSOL FROM
WOOD SMOKE AND DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICULATE AND APPLICATION
OF TOXICITY TESTS/Alena Kubátová*, Mayia M. Fernandez †, Matthew J. Picklo ††,. John R. Gallagher, Steven B. Hawthorne
http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications/pr ... erosol.pdf


Research Papers (pay per view)

Wood Smoke: Emissions and Noncancer Respiratory Effects
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi ... 194.001025

Correlation of Wood Smoke Produced from NBS Smoke Chamber and OSU Heat Release Apparatus
http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.ex ... ?E+mystore

Role of vagal afferents in the acute ventilatory responses to inhaled wood smoke in rats
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=3596943


Pay-per-view sites: from the site, do a Boolean search: <wood + smoke>

Inhalation Toxicology
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/uiht

ScienceDirect
http://www.sciencedirect.com

Again, I would appreciate notification of any duplicates on this website

[FriendofAir]

I think in the interest of being fair and balanced, I would also like to see the list of scientific papers that show the harmlessness and health benefits of wood smoke.

[Woodnyet]

'Health' benefits of wood smoke - an often-considered health practice:
People have been "smoking" their meats to prevent spoilage, for centuries.
The noxious chemicals in the smoke kill bacteria (and prevent re-growth.)

The thing is, they didn't realize that the chemicals were killing them as well.
Think about it: If the smoke-chemicals kill bacteria (which are cells) perhaps
smoke also kills cells in the lungs (and body, if the meat is eaten) as well?

Is this at all possible?

This is akin to tobacco smoking: people falsely reason that if they do not
immediately fall over dead from the effect of smoke, they will think of it
as being "safe" or "harmless." This is wrong-headed.

The hyperbolic statement which always takes the cake: the claim that wood
smoke is "harmless" because it "smells nice." I have actually heard this
assertion made, many times, by uninformed defenders of fireplace/ firepits.

[Woodnyet]

Eight additions to the research papers page:

Wood Smoke May Cause Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/27585.php

Survival of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Due to Biomass Smoke and Tobacco
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/conte ... /173/4/393

Health impacts of household fuelwood use in developing countries
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0789e/a0789e09.htm

Wildfires Threaten Respiratory Health
http://www.pulmonaryreviews.com/aug01/p ... fires.html

Chimney stove intervention to reduce long-term wood smoke exposure lowers blood pressure among Guatemalan women.
Diaz, Anaite; McCracken, John P.; Mittleman, Murray A.; Schwartz, Joel; Smith, Kirk R
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-167647271.html

Wood-smoke exposure as a survival predictor in non-small cell lung cancer with response to erlotinib:
An open label phase II study.
O. G. Arrieta Rodriguez, E. Tellez, L. Martinez-Barrera, P. Castillo, J. Reyes-Contreras, D. Flores-Estrada,
N. Hernandez-Pedro, D. Morales-Espinosa, T. Ceron-Lizarraga, J. De la Garza-Salazar
http://www.asco.org/portal/site/ASCO/me ... ctID=35646

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Experimental exposure to wood smoke: Effects on airway inflammation and oxidative stress
Lars Barregard , Gerd Sallsten , Lena Andersson , Ann-Charlotte Almstrand , Pernilla Gustafson ,
Marianne Andersso and Anna-Carin Olin
http://oem.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract ... 6.032458v1

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EPA NW Research Center for Particulate Air Pollution and Health
http://depts.washington.edu/pmcenter/ye ... essrpt.doc

[turning_blue]

Smoke keeps the meat from spoiling but the chemicals are so harmful to us. (Like you said woodnyet)

This is just like pesticides and herbicides they kills pests and weeds but they have the potential to make us ill and kill us too. Especailly children.

[Woodnyet]

RESEARCH
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Exosurf treatment following wood smoke inhalation.
Feldbaum DM, Wormuth D, Nieman GF, Paskanik M, Clark WR, Hakim TS.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8216766
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_o ... 5698b66a9b
This study indicates that wood smoke inhalation acutely damages the lung
and that administration of Exosurf by instillation is not an effective treatment.
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Indices of antioxidant status in rats subjected to wood smoke inhalation and/or thermal injury
Michael A. Dubick, Stacy C. Carden, Bryan S. Jordan, Paulette C. Langlinais and David W. Mozingo1
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_o ... 0453e50298
These data suggest that smoke inhalation, independent of burn injury, induces an oxidant stress that persists for at least the first 48 h after smoke exposure.
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Temporal variation and impact of wood smoke pollution on a residential area in southern Germany
Md. Aynul Baria, Guenter Baumbacha, Bertram Kuchb and Guenter Scheffknechta
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_o ... archtype=a
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Oxidative stress, inflammation and DNA damage in rats after intratracheal instillation or oral exposure to ambient air and wood smoke particulate matter.
by: Pernille Høgh H. Danielsen, Steffen Loft, Nicklas Raun R. Jacobsen, Keld Alstrup A. Jensen, Herman Autrup, Jean-Luc L. Ravanat, Håkan Wallin, Peter Møller
http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/conten ... sci.kfq290
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Comparison of exogenous surfactants in the treatment of wood smoke inhalation
GF Nieman, AM Paskanik, RR Fluck and WR Clark
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/conte ... /152/2/597
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Segmental pulmonary vascular resistance following wood smoke inhalation.
Nieman GF, Clark WR Jr, Paskanik A, Feldbaum D.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7600836
We conclude that smoke causes an intense but transient increase in the pressure drop across the venous segment that may accelerate the formation of pulmonary edema, which is not mediated by changes in thromboxane B2 or prostaglandin F1 alpha.
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Wood Smoke Inhalation Causes Alveolar Instability in a Dose-Dependent Fashion
Jay M Steinberg DO, Henry J Schiller MD, Bella Tsvaygenbaum, Greer K Mahoney,
Joseph D DiRocco MD, Louis A Gatto PhD, and Gary F Nieman
http://www.rcjournal.com/contents/08.05/08.05.1062.pdf
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Associations between ambient fine particulate levels and disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)]
http://ehsehplp03.niehs.nih.gov/article ... hp.1002123
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