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Exposures and Cross-shift Lung Function Declines in Wildland Firefighters

Denise M. GaughanDepartment of Preventive Medicine and the Institute for Translational Epidemiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York;Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia;Department of Environmental Health (Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Chris A. PiacitelliDivision of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Bean T. ChenHealth Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Brandon F. LawHealth Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
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M. Abbas VirjiDivision of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Nicole T. EdwardsDivision of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Paul L. EnrightDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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Diane E. Schwegler-BerryHealth Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Stephen S. LeonardHealth Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Gregory R. WagnerDepartment of Environmental Health (Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Lester KobzikDepartment of Environmental Health (Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Stefanos N. KalesDepartment of Environmental Health (Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Michael D. HughesDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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David C. ChristianiDepartment of Environmental Health (Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Paul D. SiegelHealth Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Jean M. Cox-GanserDivision of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West VirginiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mark D. HooverDivision of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Pages 591-603 | Published online: 21 Jul 2014

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