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Pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms in forest firefighters.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=9099351&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Betchley C, Koenig JQ, van Belle G, Checkoway H, Reinhardt T.
Date Published: May 1997
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, Initiative 2, environmental risks, wildland firefighter

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Reducing hearing losses in the Oakdale Fire Department

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Author: Waters, Mark
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, environmental risks, hearing loss

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Registry-based case-control study of cancer in California firefighters.

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Author: Bates MN.
Date Published: May 2007
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer, environmental risks, California cancer study, Initiative 2

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Report of the Investigation Committee into the Cyanide Poisonings of Providence Firefighters

http://www.firehouse.com/interactive/calendar/featured/PFDCyanideReport.pdf
Author: J. Curtis Varone, Thomas N. Warren, Lt. Kevin Jutras, Joseph Molis, Joseph Dorsey
Date Published: May 2006
Publisher: Providence Fire Department
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, cyanide

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Respiratory health hazards and lung function in wildland firefighters.

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Author: Harrison R, Materna BL, Rothman N.
Date Published: October-December 199
Publisher: Occupational Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, respiratory health hazards, environmental risks, wildland firefighting hazards

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Respiratory protection for wildland firefighters ? Much ado about nothing or time to revisit accepte

http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/sevilla-2007/contributions/doc/SESIONES_TEMATICAS/ST6/Austin_Goyer_CANADA.pdf
Author: C.C. Austin, N. Goyer
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: Sevilla-Espana Wildfire 2007
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, smoke exposure, wildland firefighting, wildland respirators, respiratory protection

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Respiratory symptoms in West Sussex firemen

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Author: Buckman, Maureen P., Cooper, Fiona M., Cumming, G., Guyatt, A. R., and Horsfield, K.
Date Published: 1988
Publisher: British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, respiratory symptoms,

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Scrap and Shredded Tire Fires: Special Report

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-093.pdf
Author: Stanley L. Poole, Jr., Hollis Stambaugh, Peter Banks
Date Published: 1998
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 3, tire fires, environmental risks, Initiative 14, fire prevention

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Self-reported short- and long-term respiratory effects among PVC-exposed firefighters.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2916852&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Markowitz JS.
Date Published: January-February 198
Publisher: Archives of Environmental Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, environmental risks, PVC exposure, lung function, toxic exposure

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Smallpox and the Fire Service: Vaccination Guidance for Emergency Responders

http://www.iaff.org/et/smallpox/smallpox_iaff.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: International Association of Fire Fighters
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, environmental risks, communicable diseases, smallpox, vaccination program

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Smoke Characterization Project

http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Research/SmokeCharacterization.pdf
Author: Thomas Z. Fabian, Pravinray D. Gandhi
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: National Fire Protection Association
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, smoke inhalation, toxic exposures, smoke

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Smoke Exposure Among Firefighters at Prescribed Burns in the Pacific Northwest

http://depts.washington.edu/wildfire/resources/smokefire.pdf
Author: Timothy E. Reinhardt, Roger D. Ottmar, and Andrew J.S. Hanneman
Date Published: October 2000
Publisher: USDA Forest Service
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, smoke xposure, wildland firefighting, prescribed burns

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Sublethal effects of fire smoke

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Author: Gann, Richard G.
Date Published: April 2004
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, Initiative 14, smoke toxicity, toxic exposure, environmental risks

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Sublethal Effects of Smoke on Survival and Health

http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire01/PDF/f01125.pdf
Author: Gann, R. G.; Averill, J. D.; Butler, K. M.; Jones, W. W.; Mulholland, G. W.; Neviaser, J. L.; Ohlemi
Date Published: June 2005
Publisher: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, smoke exposure, sublethal smoke

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Survival breathing techniques for users of self-contained breathing apparatus in the Montgomery Coun

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Author: Kang, William
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, SCBA, risk reduction practices, survival breathing techniques

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The effect of smoke inhalation on lung function and airway responsiveness in wildland fire fighters.

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Author: Liu D, Tager IB, Balmes JR, Harrison RJ.
Date Published: December 1992
Publisher: American Review of Respiratory Disease
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, environmental risks, lung function, smoke inhalation, wildland firefigh

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The firefighting environment and its effects on reproductive health: one department's desire to know

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Author: Stone, Marci L
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, environmental risks, reproductive health

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The impact of protective hoods and their water content on the prevention of head burns in New York C

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Author: Prezant, DJ; Barker, RL; Stull, JO; King, SJ; Rotanz, RA; Malley, KS; Bender, M; Guerth, C; Kelly, K
Date Published: 2001 Mar-Apr;22(2)
Publisher: Journal of Burn Care Rehabilitation
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, heat stress, protective clothing

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The incidence, prevalence, and severity of sarcoidosis in New York City firefighters

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Author: Prezant, DJ; Dhala, A; Goldstein, A; Janus, D; Ortiz, F; Aldrich, TK; Kelly, KJ
Date Published: 1999 Nov;116(5)
Publisher: Chest
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, sarcoidosis

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The Legacy of World Trade Center Dust

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/22/2233
Author: Jonathan M. Samet, Alison S. Geyh, and Mark J. Utel
Date Published: Volume 356:2233-223
Publisher: New England Journal of Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, World Trade Center, dust, medical risks

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The management of heat stress for the firefighter: a review of work conducted on behalf of the Toron

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Author: McLellan, TM; Selkirk, GA
Date Published: 2006 Jul;44(3)
Publisher: Industrial Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, heat stress, personal protective ensemble, turnout gear, SCBA, work limits

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The short-term effects of smoke exposure on the pulmonary function of firefighters.

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Author: Large AA, Owens GR, Hoffman LA.
Date Published: April 1990
Publisher: Chest
Keywords: Initiative 2,environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, smoke inhalation

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Toxic chemical exposure

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Author: Roegner-K; McCullough-J
Date Published: February 2000
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, chemical exposure, hazmat response, health hazard evaluation, risk reduction practices

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Tucson fire fighter exposure to products of combustion: A risk assessment

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Author: Burgess, JL; Crutchfield, CD
Date Published: 1995
Publisher: Applied Occupational & Environmental Hygiene
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, fatality/injury investigation, medical risks

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Understanding & treating carbon monoxide poisoning

http://www.firerescue1.com/pdfs/Masimo-COSupplement.pdf
Author: Dana Bartlett
Date Published: Spring 2006
Publisher: Lethal Exposure, JEMS Supp.
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, carbon monoxide, toxic exposures, smoke inhalation

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