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| Title: | BCERF Alert for Women Firefighters: Chemical Exposures in Your Workplace and Breast Cancer Risk |
| Other Titles: | BCERF Alert for Women Firefighters |
| Authors: | Brown, Nellie J.
Snedeker, Suzanne M. |
| Keywords: | breast cancer
firefighter
workplace
occupation
chemical exposure
cancer risk
structural fires
non-structural fires
isocyanates
benzene
formaldehyde
1,3-butadiene
isoprene
methylene chloride
SCBA
Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
personal protective equipment
Alert |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2008 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Program Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors |
| Abstract: | This brochure is designed to help women firefighters learn how they may be exposed to certain chemicals that may be risk factors for breast cancer. Exposure to some of these chemicals may occur during firefighting activities. Recommended protection includes wearing Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCABA) during all phases of firefighting. |
| Description: | Alert on breast cancer risks for women firefighters |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14390 |
| Appears in Collections: | Occupational Cancer Risks
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