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Development of health and wellness programs for combination fire departments popular

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Author: Tiffany, Phillip A.
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, wellness programs, physical fitness programs, medical programs, medical risks, heart function, peer fitness training, combination fire department

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Cardiovascular and thermal consequences of protective clothing: a comparison of clothed and unclothe

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Author: Fogarty, Alison L. , Armstrong, Karen A. , Gordon, Christopher J. , Groeller, Herbert , Woods, Brian
Date Published: August 2004
Publisher: Ergonomics
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heat stress, heart function, protective clothing

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Cardiovascular Fitness in Firefighters.

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Author: Kales, Stefanos N.; Christiani, David C.
Date Published: May 2000
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Keywords: Initiative 6, cardiovascular fitness, heart function

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Cardiovascular risk markers in firefighters: a longitudinal study

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Author: Crouse, Stephen F., Green, John Scott, and Womack, John Wade
Date Published: October 2000
Publisher: Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heart function, cardiovascular risk

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Cardiovascular risks in firefighters: implications for occupational health nurse practice.

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Author: Byczek L, Walton SM, Conrad KM, Reichelt PA, Samo DG.
Date Published: February 2004
Publisher: American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
Keywords: Initiative 2, Initiative 6, medical risks, heart function, cardiovascular risks, risk study

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Cardiovascular Risks of Wildland Firefighting

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Author: Sharkey, Brian, J.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: USDA Forest Service Technology & Development Center: Missoula, MT
Keywords: Initiative 6, heart function, medical risks, wildland firefighting risks

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Emergency Duties and Deaths from Heart Disease among Firefighters in the United States

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Author: Kales, Soteriades, Christophi, Christiani
Date Published: March 22, 2007
Publisher: New England Journal of Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heart function, Initiative 2, environmental risks%0a

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Firefighter Heart Presumption Retirements in Massachusetts 1997-2004

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Author: Holder, Stallings, Peeples, Burress, Kales
Date Published: Oct. 2006
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, heart function, medical risks

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Firefighters and Heart Disease

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Author: James K. Friel and Michale Stones
Date Published: Vol 82 (8) Aug 1992
Publisher: American Journal of Public Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, heart function, medical risks

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Firefighters and on-duty deaths from coronary heart disease: a case control study

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Author: Stefanos N Kales Elpidoforos, S Soteriades; Stavros G Christoudias, and David C Christiani
Date Published: 2003, 2:14
Publisher: Environmental Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heart function, coronary heart disease, heart attack death factors, at-

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Firefighting and Death from Cardiovascular Causes

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Author: Linda Rosenstock and Jorn Olsen
Date Published: Volume 356:1261-126
Publisher: New England Journal of Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heart function, firefighter fatalities, cardiovascular causes

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Heart rate and ECG responses of fire fighters.

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Author: Barnard RJ, Duncan HW.
Date Published: April 1975
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical risks, heart rate, heart function, ECG responses

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Heart rate response of firefighters to actual emergencies. Implications for cardiorespiratory fitnes

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Author: Sothmann, MS; Saupe, K; Jasenof, D; Blaney, J
Date Published: 1992 Aug;34(8):797-8
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, heart rate, heart function, cardiorespiratory fitness

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Job stress, cardio and psychological stressors

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Author: Tepper-A; Mueller-C; Hurrell-JJ, Jr.; Kang-D
Date Published: August 1994
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heart function, Initiative 13, mental health risks, job stress, health hazard evaluation, risk reduction practices

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Latent Health Effects in Firefighters

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Author: Nelson S. Haas, Michael Gochfeld, Mark G. Robson, Mph, Daniel Wartenberg
Date Published: 2003;9:95–103
Publisher: International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, latent health effects, heart function, cancer, lung function

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Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Firefighters: A Prospective Cohort Study

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Author: Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Russ Hauser, Ichiro Kawachi,, Dimitrios Liarokapis, David C. Christiani,
Date Published: 13:1756-1763, 2005
Publisher: Obesity Research
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical risks, obesity, heart function, cardiovascular disease

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Physical Fitness and Cardiac Risk Factors of Professional Firefighters Across the Career Span

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Author: Steven C. Davis, Kristine Z. Jankovitz, and Steven Rein
Date Published: September 2002
Publisher: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risk, physical fitness, heart function, cardiac risk factors

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Tympanic temperature and heart rate changes in firefighters during treadmill runs performed with dif

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Author: Ftaiti F.;Duflot J.C.; Nicol C.; Grelot L
Date Published: April 2001
Publisher: Ergonomics
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, protective clothing, core temperature, heart function, heart rate

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