Exposures and cross-shift lung function declines in wildland firefighters

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 591-603

  Gaughan, Denise M ^a,b,c   Piacitelli, Chris A ^b   Chen, Bean T ^b   Law, Brandon F ^b   Virji, M Abbas ^b   Edwards, Nicole T ^b   Enright, Paul L ^d   Schwegler Berry, Diane E ^b   Leonard, Stephen S ^b   Wagner, Gregory R ^c   Kobzik, Lester ^c   Kales, Stefanos N ^c   Hughes, Michael D ^c   Christiani, David C ^c   Siegel, Paul D ^b   Cox Ganser, Jean M ^b   Hoover, Mark D ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

exposure assessment; levoglucosan; occupational lung disease

Indexed keywords

1,6-ANHYDRO-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSE; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; GLUCOSE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SMOKE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84902789847     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2014.895372     Document Type: Article

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