Respiratory protection programs for firefighters: A survey of practices for the state of Kentucky

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 725-732

  Easterling, Gregory H ^a   Prince, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIRE FIGHTER; FUNDING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE ACT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FIRE; GAS MASK; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FIRES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38449105427     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200604     Document Type: Article

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