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Mercury Toxicity in Wildland Firefighters

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1 Mercury Toxicity in Wildland Firefighters
William R. Smith, MD, NREMT-P, George Montopoli, PhD, Andy Byerly, RN, NREMT-P, Michelle Montopoli, MA, EMT-B, Hank Harlow, PhD, Albert R. Wheeler, MD  Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages (June 2013) DOI: /j.wem Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Forest fire smoke. Photo by Wendy Blair.
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Smoke in fire camp. Photo by Chris Havenar.
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Wildland firefighting. Photo by Mike Moyer.
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

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