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Respiratory health hazards and lung function in wildland firefighters
R Harrison1, B L Materna, N Rothman
1Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, USA.
Occupational Medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.)
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
The authors discuss the multitude of contaminants to which wildland firefighters are exposed, including carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate and silica, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, aldehydes, and benzene. They examine the respiratory effects of these contaminants and then present their recommendations for an occupational health program for wildland firefighters.