Ultrafine particle exposure during fire suppression-is it an important contributory factor for coronary heart disease in firefighters?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 791-796

  Baxter, C Stuart ^a   Ross, Clara Sue ^a   Fabian, Thomas ^b   Borgerson, Jacob L ^b   Shawon, Jamila ^b   Gandhi, Pravinray D ^b   Dalton, James M ^c   Lockey, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^c Chicago Fire Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; FIRE FIGHTER; HOUSING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE NUMBER DENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SPECTROMETER; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955853283     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181ed2c6e     Document Type: Article

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