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Editorial
. 2023 Mar;28(3):208-209.
doi: 10.1111/resp.14418. Epub 2022 Nov 27.

Trajectories of lung function in urban firefighters

Michael J Abramson  1 , Deborah C Glass  1
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Editorial

Trajectories of lung function in urban firefighters

Michael J Abramson et al. Respirology. 2023 Mar.
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Keywords: MeSH; cohort studies; firefighters; healthy worker effect; pulmonary function tests; wildfires.

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