- Author
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Austin, C. C.
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Dussault, G.
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Ecobichon, D. J.
- Title
- Municipal Firefighter Exposure Groups, Time Spent at Fires and Use of Self-Contained-Breathing-Apparatus.
- Coporate
- Quebec (UTQR) Univ., Quebec, Canada
Town of Mount Royal Fire Dept., Quebec, Canada
Queen's Univ., Kingston, Canada
- Journal
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine,
Vol. 40,
No. 6,
683-692,
December 2001
- Keywords
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fire fighters
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exposure
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self contained breathing apparatus
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SCBA
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fire fighting
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combustion
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fire departments
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epidemiology
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health hazards
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risks
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compressed air
- Identifiers
- homogenous exposure groups; misclassification; occupational hygiene; significant associations between fire fighting and cancer; use of compressed breathing air and relating this information to the time spent at fires; Montreal Fire Department, Canada; fire combat crews; compressed breathing air; firefighter use of compressed breathing air (SCBAs) at fires