The long-term rate of change in lung function in urban professional firefighters: a systematic review
Abstract Background Despite the known occupational hazards, it is not yet clear whether long-term career firefighting leads to a greater rate of decline in lung function than would normally be expected, and how this rate of change is affected by firefighting exposures and other risk/protective facto...
Main Authors: | Flynn Slattery, Kylie Johnston, Catherine Paquet, Hunter Bennett, Alan Crockett |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-09-01
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Series: | BMC Pulmonary Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0711-8 |
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