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Madison Fire Department (warehouse fire) popular
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/2001-0043-2844.pdf
Author: Thomas Hales, Tommy Baldwin
Date Published: May 2001
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, chemical exposure, smoke exposure, warehouse fire, health hazard evaluation, risk reduction practices
A survey of exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions in the workplace popular
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=10963708&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Groves J, Cain JR.
Date Published: September 2000
Publisher: Annals Occupational Hygiene
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, toxic exposure, diesel emissions, fire station safety
A comprehensive respiratory protection plan
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo34816.pdf
Author: Hansen, Sam
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, risk reduction practices, respiratory protection
A New York City firefighter: overwhelmed by World Trade Center dust
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12231482&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Beckett WS.
Date Published: September 2002
Publisher: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, environmental risks, World Trade Center, Initiative 2
Accelerated hearing loss in urban emergency medical services firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=3985464
Author: Pepe, PE; Jerger, J; Miller, RH; Jerger, S
Date Published: 1985 May;14(5):438-4
Publisher: Annals of Emergency Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, hearing loss, environmental risks
Acquired progressive asthma in a fire-fighter.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=3169218&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Bergstrom CE, Tornling G, Unge G.
Date Published: May 1988
Publisher: European Respiratory Journal
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, environmental risks, toxic exposure, asthma
Acute and chronic effects of fire fighting on pulmonary function.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=7357940&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Loke J, Farmer W, Matthay RA, Putman CE, Smith GJ.
Date Published: March 1980
Publisher: Chest
Keywords: Initiative 2,environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function
Acute effects of routine firefighting on lung function.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=3518426&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Sheppard D, Distefano S, Morse L, Becker C.
Date Published: 1986
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, Initiative 2, environmental risks
Acute eosinophilic pneumonia in a New York City firefighter exposed to World Trade Center dust.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12231487&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Rom WN, Weiden M, Garcia R, Yie TA, Vathesatogkit P, Tse DB, McGuinness G, Roggli V, Prezant D.
Date Published: September 2002
Publisher: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, environmental risks, World Trade Center, pneumonia, Initiative 2
Acute health effects among firefighters exposed to a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) fire.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2705423&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Markowitz JS, Gutterman EM, Schwartz S, Link B, Gorman SM.
Date Published: May 1989
Publisher: American Journal of Epidemiology
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, environmental risks, PVC exposure, toxic exposure
Acute health hazards of firefighters after fighting a department store fire.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=8707618&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Gu TL, Liou SH, Hsu CH, Hsu JC, Wu TN.
Date Published: 1996
Publisher: Industrial Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks
Acute pesticide-related illness among emergency responders, 1993-2002
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112549273/ABSTRACT
Author: Calvert, Barnett, Mehler, Becker, Das, Beckman, Male, Sievert, Thomsen, Morrissey
Date Published: Volume 49, Issue 5,
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks, pesticides
Adverse Respiratory Effects Following Overhaul in Firefighters
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200105000-00007.htm;jsessionid=G7wPTtRTjmGSTcvc7BQp2ZhS9RFTlG0HVFkSq6NzJH9mSKPcrVpz!3145886!-949856145!8091!-1
Author: Burgess, Jefferey L.; Nanson, Christopher J.; Bolstad-Johnson, Dawn M. ; Gerkin, Richard; Hysong, Tr
Date Published: 43(5):467-473, May 2
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, respiratory function, Initiative 2, environmental risks, overhaul, medical risks
Aetiology and prevalence of eye injuries within the United Kingdom fire service.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=8729022&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=9&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Owen, CG; Margrain, TH; Woodward, EG
Date Published: 1995; 9 ( Pt 6 Su)
Publisher: Eye
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, eye injuries, environmental risks, incident safety
Africanized honey bees: a new challenge for fire managers
http://bees.ucr.edu/firenotes.html
Author: Merrill, Laura D; Visscher, P. Kirk
Date Published: 55(4): 25-30 (1995)
Publisher: Fire Management Notes
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Africanized honey bees, wildland firefighting
Air contaminants encountered by firefighters
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a727069853~db=all
Author: Treitman, Robert D; Burgess, William A; Gold, Avram;
Date Published: 1980 Nov. Volume 41,
Publisher: American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, toxic exposure, environmental risks
Airway responsiveness of firefighters after smoke exposure.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2393631&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Chia KS, Jeyaratnam J, Chan TB, Lim TK.
Date Published: August 1990
Publisher: British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, smoke inhalation, tox
An epidemiologic study of cancer and other causes of mortality in San Francisco firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2008922&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Beaumont JJ, Chu GS, Jones JR, Schenker MB, Singleton JA, Piantanida LG, Reiterman M.
Date Published: 1991
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer, environmental risks, San Francisco mortality study, Initiative
An evaluation of noise from Northborough fire apparatus
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo36350.pdf
Author: Houston, James S.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, noise exposure, hearing loss, hearing conservation
Analysis of Smoldering Fires in Closed Compartments and Their Hazard Due to Carbon Monoxide
http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire82/PDF/f82006.pdf
Author: Quintiere, J. G.; Birky, M. M.; McDonald, F.; Smith, G.
Date Published: September-December 1
Publisher: Fire and Materials
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, smoldering fires, carbon monoxide, environmental risks
Asbestos Exposure and Fire Fighting
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb24507.x
Author: Steven B. Markowitz, Karen Garibaldi, Ruth Lilis, and Philip J. Landrigan
Date Published: Dec 1991
Publisher: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, asbestos exposure, Initiative 6, medical risks
Assessment of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during firefighting by measurement of urinary 1-hydroxypyrene
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=9211208&query_hl=64&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Moen, BE; Ovrebo, S.
Date Published: 1997 Jun;39(6):515-9
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, cancer, environmental risks, hydrocarbons, toxic exposure, medical risks
Assessment of health effects in New York City firefighters after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs): the Staten Island Transformer Fire Health Surveillance Project.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12530594&query_hl=9&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Kelly, KJ; Connelly, E; Reinhold, GA; Byrne, M; Prezant, DJ
Date Published: 2002 Jul-Aug;57(4)
Publisher: Archives of Environmental Healh
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, cancer, environmental risks, PCBs, toxic exposure, medical risks
Association Between Lung Function and Exposure to Smoke Among Firefighters at Prescribed Burns
http://depts.washington.edu/pmcenter/res_rp_firefighters.pdf
Author: James C. Slaughter,1 Jane Q. Koenig,1 and Timothy E. Reinhardt
Date Published: Januar y 2004
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Keywords: Initiative 6, lung function, smoke exposure, toxic exposures, Initiative 2, environmental risks, prescribed burns, wildland firefighting
Biological monitoring of fire fighters: sister chromatid exchange and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts in peripheral blood cells.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2503247&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Liou SH, Jacobson-Kram D, Poirier MC, Nguyen D, Strickland PT, Tockman MS.
Date Published: September 1989
Publisher: Cancer Research
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, medical risks, Initiative 6, cancer, diet/nutrition