Serum pneumoproteins: A cross-sectional comparison of firefighters and police

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 246-253

  Burgess, Jefferey L ^a   Witten, Mark L ^a   Nanson, Christopher J ^a   Hysong, Tracy A ^a   Sherrill, Duane L ^a   Quan, Stuart F ^a   Gerkin, Richard ^b   Bernard, Alfred M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clara cell specific protein; Firefighters; Police; Pulmonary surfactant associated protein; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLARA CELL PROTEIN; SURFACTANT ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; GENDER; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; POLICE; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN A; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; UTEROGLOBIN;

EID: 0041336821     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10269     Document Type: Article

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