Arterial stiffness, oxidative stress, and smoke exposure in wildland firefighters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 748-756

  Gaughan, Denise M ^a,b   Siegel, Paul D ^c   Hughes, Michael D ^b   Chang, Chiung Yu ^b   Law, Brandon F ^c   Campbell, Corey R ^c   Richards, Jennifer C ^d   Kales, Stefanos F ^b   Chertok, Marcia ^b   Kobzik, Lester ^b   Nguyen, Phuong son ^b   O'Donnell, Carl R ^e   Kiefer, Max ^c   Wagner, Gregory R ^b   Christiani, David C ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

8 hydroxy 2' deoxyguanosine; 8 iso prostaglandin F2 ; Levoglucosan; Spirometry; Vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SMOKE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PULSE WAVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY; URINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FIREFIGHTERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84902790637     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22331     Document Type: Article

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