- Author
- Burgess, J. L. | Nanson, C. J. | Bolstad-Johnson, D. M. | Gerkin, R. | Hysong, T. A. | Lantz, R. C. | Sherrill, D. L. | Crutchfield, C. D. | Quan, S. F. | Bernard, A. M. | 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
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM), Vol. 43, No. 5, 467-473, May 2001
- Keywords
- fire fighters | respiratory systems | overhaul | protective equipment | respirators | exposure | health hazards | statistics | combustion products | self contained breathing apparatus | carboxyhemoglobin | 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