Firefighter illnesses and injuries at a major fire disaster

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-26

  Gallanter, Tisha ^a   Bozeman, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Epidemiology; Firefighters; Illness; Injury; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BURN; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EYE IRRITATION; FIRE; FIRE FIGHTER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; RASH; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036139560     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120290938724     Document Type: Article

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