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Development of health and wellness programs for combination fire departments popular
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
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
A longitudinal study of pulmonary function in fire fighters
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=1928108&dopt=Citation
Author: Tepper, Comstock, Levine
Date Published: 1991;20(3):307-16.
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, Initiative 2
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
A technique to re-assess epidemiologic evidence in light of the healthy worker effect: the case of f
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11039166&query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Choi, BC
Date Published: 2000 Oct;42(10):1021
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heart disease
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
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
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 uri
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 bipheny
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
Baseline measurements of smoke exposure among wildland firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15559331&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Reinhardt TE, Ottmar RD.
Date Published: September 2004
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Keywords: Initiative 2, wildland firefighting, smoke exposure, medical risks
Biological Agents as Weapons: Medical Implications
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60763/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/BIOLOGICAL-AGENTS-AS-WEAPONS:-MEDICAL-IMPLICATIONS
Author: Ken Miller
Date Published: January 1999
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 3, hazmat response, terrorism response, Initiative 6, medical risks, biological agents
Biological monitoring of fire fighters: sister chromatid exchange and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbo
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
Biomonitoring of chemical exposure among New York City firefighters responding to the World Trade Ce
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=14644665&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Edelman P, Osterloh J, Pirkle J, Caudill SP, Grainger J, Jones R, Blount B, Calafat A, Turner W, Fel
Date Published: December 2003
Publisher: Environ Health Perspect.
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, World Trade Center, chemical exposure, environmental risks
Cancer incidence among Massachusetts firefighters, 1982-1986
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2378369&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Author: Sama SR, Martin TR, Davis LK
Date Published: 1990;18:47–54.
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer, environmental risks, Massachusetts cancer study, Initiative 2
Cancer Incidence in Florida Professional Firefighters, 1981 to 1999
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200609000-00003.htm;jsessionid=G2gXv1vJh1VN8sXjGpTs2hM187Ldt8Kz2GYDQDDGkHC1zGny4kg1!1240718814!-949856144!8091!-1
Author: Ma, Fangchao; Fleming, Lora E.; Lee, David J.; Trapido, Edward; Gerace, Terence A.
Date Published: 48(9):883-888, Septe
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 9, Initiative 2, environmental hazards, cancer
Cancer risk among firefighters: a review and meta-analysis of 32 studies
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17099456&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: LeMasters, GK; Genaidy, AM; Succop, P; Deddens, J; Sobeih, T; Barriera-Viruet, H; Dunning, K; Lockey
Date Published: 2006 Nov;48(11):1189
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, cancer, environmental risks, toxic exposures, medical risks