Mercury toxicity in wildland firefighters

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-145

  Smith, William R ^a,e,f   Montopoli, George ^b   Byerly, Andy ^c   Montopoli, Michelle ^b   Harlow, Hank ^d   Wheeler III, Albert R ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Arizona Western College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e St John's Medical Center   (United States)

^f Grand Teton National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental exposure; firefighter; mercury; occupational exposure; smoke; wildland fire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKE;

EID: 84878479588     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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