Lung function changes in wildland firefighters working at prescribed burns

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 835-841

  Adetona, Olorunfemi ^a   Hall, Daniel B ^b   Naeher, Luke P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Franklin College of Arts and Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Forced expiratory volume in 1 second; Forced vital capacity; Prescribed burns; Spirometry; Wildland firefighters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SPIROMETRY; WILDERNESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; FIRES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKE; TREES; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155146855     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2011.617790     Document Type: Article

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