Respiratory health status of US Army personnel potentially exposed to smoke from 2003 Al-Mishraq sulfur plant fire

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 717-723

  Baird, Coleen P ^a   Debakey, Samar ^b   Reid, Lawrence ^b   Hauschild, Veronique D ^a   Petruccelli, Bruno ^a   Abraham, Joseph H ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b Health Research and Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

ADULT; ARMY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SMOKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; FIRES; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SELF REPORT; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; SULFUR;

EID: 84862539961     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182572e37     Document Type: Review

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