Heat-related illness among wildland firefighters
- PMID: 32295820
- PMCID: PMC7679056
- DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2019-106391
Heat-related illness among wildland firefighters
Keywords: environment; epidemiology; fire fighters; physical work; physiology.
Conflict of interest statement
Competing interests: CWN and EOS have collaborations with some of the authors on US Forest Service projects.
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Risk for heat-related illness among wildland firefighters: job tasks and core body temperature change.Occup Environ Med. 2020 Jul;77(7):433-438. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-106186. Epub 2020 Jan 29. Occup Environ Med. 2020. PMID: 31996475
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- West M, Costello S, Sol JA, Domitrovich JW. Risk of heat related illness among Wildland Firefighters: job tasks and core body temperature change. Occ Environ Med. 2020. - PubMed
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