Effect of protective filters on fire fighter respiratory health during simulated bushfire smoke exposure

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 740-750

  De Vos, Annemarie J B M ^a,b   Cook, Angus ^a,b   Devine, Brian ^a,b   Thompson, Philip J ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfire smoke; Filters; Fire fighters; Occupational exposure; Particulates; Respiratory health; Respiratory protection

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; FORMALDEHYDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILTER; FIRE FIGHTER; GAS MASK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RANDOMIZATION; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; VAPOR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FILTRATION; FIRES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33747890560     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20369     Document Type: Article

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