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Author
Austin, C. C. | Dussault, G. | 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
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Vol. 40, No. 6, 683-692, December 2001
Keywords
fire fighters | exposure | self contained breathing apparatus | SCBA | fire fighting | combustion | fire departments | epidemiology | health hazards | risks | 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