Medical surveillance of hazardous materials response fire fighters: A two-year prospective study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-247

  Kales, Stephen N ^a,b   Polyhronopoulos, Gerry N ^a   Christiani, David C ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; FIRE FIGHTER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FIRES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0030992922     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199703000-00014     Document Type: Article

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