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. 2020 Jul;77(7):431-432.
doi: 10.1136/oemed-2019-106391. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

Heat-related illness among wildland firefighters

Curtis W Noonan  1   2 , Erin O'Brien Semmens  3   2
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Heat-related illness among wildland firefighters

Curtis W Noonan et al. Occup Environ Med. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: environment; epidemiology; fire fighters; physical work; physiology.

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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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