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Acute respiratory effects in firefighters

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE (2012)

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE

Volume 55, Issue 1, Pages 54-62

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WILEY

DOI: 10.1002/ajim.21012

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bronchial hyperresponsiveness; serum pneumoproteins; cytokines; inflammation; firefighters

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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

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Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW, The Hague) [7135.0005]

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Background Associations between acute respiratory inflammatory responses, changes in bronchial hyperresponsiveness, serum pneumoprotein levels, and exposure to fire smoke were studied.

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