- Author
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Burgess, J. L.
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Nanson, C. J.
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Bolstad-Johnson, D. M.
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Gerkin, R.
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Hysong, T. A.
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Lantz, R. C.
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Sherrill, D. L.
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Crutchfield, C. D.
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Quan, S. F.
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Bernard, A. M.
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Witten, M. L.
- Title
- Adverse Respiratory Effects Following Overhaul in Firefighters.
- Coporate
- Arizona Univ., Tucson
Phoenix City Fire Department Health Center, AZ
Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Journal
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM),
Vol. 43,
No. 5,
467-473,
May 2001
- Keywords
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fire fighters
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respiratory systems
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overhaul
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protective equipment
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respirators
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exposure
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health hazards
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statistics
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combustion products
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self contained breathing apparatus
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carboxyhemoglobin
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injuries
- Identifiers
- plumonary function testing; forced vital capacity (FVC); forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1); serum Clara cell protein (CC16); serum surfactant-associated protein A (SP-A); fire fighters wearing cartridge respirators; changes in spirometric measurements and lung permeability; self-contained breathing apparatus should be worn during overhaul to prevent lung injury; baseline testing; overhaul testing; fire fighters participants (Tucson and Phoenix); combustion products exposure during overhaul; changes in spirometric measurements and serum pneumoproteins with overhaul; correlation of combustion product exposures with changes in spirometric measurements and serum pneumoproteins