Chronic effect of fire fighting on pulmonary function.

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• Personal Author:
  Fine, Lawrence J. ; Peters, John M. ; Theriault GP ; Wegman, David H.
• Description:
  In a clinical study, pulmonary function was studied in 1430 Boston fire fighters during the period 1970 to 1972. Questionnaire information on exposures, current respiratory symptoms and smoking habits was also collected. Forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in one second were measured on two occasions. The rate of loss in pulmonary function observed for the entire population was more than twice the expected rate (77 vs. 30 ml for forced vital capacity). These changes were significantly related to frequency of fire exposure (p less than 0.01) and could not be explained by differences in age, smoking habits or ethnic background. This study suggests that occupational exposures are contributing to chronic impairment of pulmonary function in fire fighters. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Firefighters Lung Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Fire-fighters Fire-fighting Lungs Respiration
• ISSN:
  0028-4793
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  291
• Issue:
  25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00047476
• Citation:
  N Engl J Med 1974 Dec; 291(25):1320-1322
• Contact Point Address:
  Physiology Harvard Sch of Public Health 665 Huntington Avenue Boston, Mass 02115
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19721001
• Source Full Name:
  New England Journal of Medicine
• End Date:
  19771031
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eb50afc32cf8b5ccb3b503f765918ea5cb1e62340013d511646ea20c0791959dc5f88cbe2ec59ca3e8e715f7e54582ecd9ab78031e9d6a73ca12eb7dd1b76bd3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184036/cdc_184036_DS1.pdf
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