Lung function changes in wildland firefighters working at prescribed burns.

Adetona, Olorunfemi

doi:10.3109/08958378.2011.617790

Title: Lung function changes in wildland firefighters working at prescribed burns.

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Although decline in lung function across workshift has been observed in wildland firefighters, measurements have been restricted to days when they worked at fires. Consequently, such results could have been confounded by normal circadian variation associated with lung function. We investigated the across-shift changes in lung function of wildland firefighters, and the effect of cumulative exposure on lung function during the burn season.

Authors:: Adetona, Olorunfemi

Publication Date:: Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011

Research Org.:: USDA Forest Service-Savannah River, New Ellenton, SC

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; USDOE EM Office of Program and Site Support (EM-50)

OSTI Identifier:: 1032505

Report Number(s):: 11-16-P
Journal ID: ISSN 0895-8378; INHTE5; TRN: US201202%%236

DOE Contract Number:: AI09-00SR22188

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Inhalation Toxicology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 0895-8378

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; DAILY VARIATIONS; LUNGS; FIRE FIGHTING; Wildland firefighters; prescribed burns; spirometry; forced vital capacity; forced expiratory volume in 1 second

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                    Adetona, Olorunfemi, Hall, Daniel, B., and Naeher, L,P. Lung function changes in wildland firefighters working at prescribed burns..  United States: N. p., 2011. 
        Web.  doi:10.3109/08958378.2011.617790.

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                    Adetona, Olorunfemi, Hall, Daniel, B., & Naeher, L,P. Lung function changes in wildland firefighters working at prescribed burns..  United States.  https://doi.org/10.3109/08958378.2011.617790

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                    Adetona, Olorunfemi, Hall, Daniel, B., and Naeher, L,P. 2011.  
        "Lung function changes in wildland firefighters working at prescribed burns.".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.3109/08958378.2011.617790.

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  title        = {Lung function changes in wildland firefighters working at prescribed burns.},

  author       = {Adetona, Olorunfemi and Hall, Daniel, B. and Naeher, L,P.},

  abstractNote = {Although decline in lung function across workshift has been observed in wildland firefighters, measurements have been restricted to days when they worked at fires. Consequently, such results could have been confounded by normal circadian variation associated with lung function. We investigated the across-shift changes in lung function of wildland firefighters, and the effect of cumulative exposure on lung function during the burn season.},

  doi          = {10.3109/08958378.2011.617790},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1032505},
  journal      = {Inhalation Toxicology},

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  number       = 13,

  volume       = 23,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011},

  month        = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011}

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