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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
Reducing hearing losses in the Oakdale Fire Department
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Waters, Mark
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, environmental risks, hearing loss
Registry-based case-control study of cancer in California firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17427202&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_docsum
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
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
Respiratory health hazards and lung function in wildland firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=8903754&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_docsum
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
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
Respiratory symptoms in West Sussex firemen
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
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,
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
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
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
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
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
Sublethal effects of fire smoke
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Gann, Richard G.
Date Published: April 2004
Publisher: Fire Technology
Keywords: Initiative 15, fire science, Initiative 14, smoke toxicity, toxic exposure, environmental risks
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
Survival breathing techniques for users of self-contained breathing apparatus in the Montgomery Coun
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
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
The effect of smoke inhalation on lung function and airway responsiveness in wildland fire fighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=1456562&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
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
The firefighting environment and its effects on reproductive health: one department's desire to know
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Stone, Marci L
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, environmental risks, reproductive health
The impact of protective hoods and their water content on the prevention of head burns in New York C
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11302606&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=9&itool=pubmed_docsum
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
The incidence, prevalence, and severity of sarcoidosis in New York City firefighters
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=10559074
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
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
The management of heat stress for the firefighter: a review of work conducted on behalf of the Toron
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16922185&itool=iconfft&query_hl=9&itool=pubmed_docsum
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
The short-term effects of smoke exposure on the pulmonary function of firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2323250&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_DocSum
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
Toxic chemical exposure
http://www2a.cdc.gov/hhe/select.asp?PjtName=19487&bFlag=1&ID=1
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
Tucson fire fighter exposure to products of combustion: A risk assessment
http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=3722288&q=firefighter+-patent&uid=790706146&setcookie=yes
Author: Burgess, JL; Crutchfield, CD
Date Published: 1995
Publisher: Applied Occupational & Environmental Hygiene
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, fatality/injury investigation, medical risks
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