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- Heart Function (36) updated
- Respiratory Function (34) updated
- Cancer (34)
- Diabetes (0)
- Hypertension (0)
- Communicable Diseases (9) updated
Links
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
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%0a
Biomonitoring of chemical exposure among New York City firefighters responding to the World Trade Center fire and collapse.
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%0a
Blood pressure in firefighters, police officers, and other emergency responders
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=blood%20pressure%20in%20firefighters%20police%20officers%20and%20other%20emergency%20responders
Author: Kales SN, Tsismenakis AJ, Zhang C, Soteriades ES.
Date Published: January 2009
Publisher: Harvard School of Public Health
Keywords: None
Cancer incidence among male Massachusetts firefighters, 1987-2003.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18306327
Author: Kang D, Davis LK, Hunt P, Kriebel D.
Date Published: May 2008
Publisher: Department of Preventive and Occupational Medicine, Pusan National Universi
Keywords: procedures, firefighter
Cancer incidence among male Massachusetts firefighters, 1987–2003
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.20549/abstract
Author: Dongmug Kang MD, PhD1, Letitia K. Davis ScD2, Phillip Hunt PhD2, David Kriebel
Date Published: February 27 2008
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: washington cancer study, firefighter
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%0a
Cancer incidence in Florida professional firefighters, 1981 to 1999.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16966954
Author: Ma F, Fleming LE, Lee DJ, Trapido E, Gerace TA.
Date Published: September 2006
Publisher: Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami School
Keywords: procedures, fire fighting
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%0a
Cancer Risk Among Firefighters: A Review and Meta-analysis of 32 Studies
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200611000-00014.htm;jsessionid=G2vHf1pqLTDLGq2V0djyL1mYZHV41vyTF3fynRQGW0B9YWKTLpNp!1240718814!-949856144!8091!-1
Author: LeMasters, Grace K.; Genaidy, Ash M.; Succop, Paul; Deddens, James; Sobeih, Tarek; Barriera-Viruet,
Date Published: November 2006
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental hazards, cancer%0a
Cancer Risk Among Firefighters: A Review and Meta-analysis of 32 Studies
http://journals.lww.com/joem/Abstract/2006/11000/Cancer_Risk_Among_Firefighters__A_Review_and.14.aspx
Author: LeMasters, Grace K. PhD; Genaidy, Ash M. PhD; Succop, Paul PhD; Deddens, James PhD; Sobeih, Tarek MD
Date Published: November 2006
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Keywords: western australia mortality study, firefighter
Cancer Risk Among Firefighters: Epidemiological Evidence
http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/send-pdf.cgi/GENAIDY%252C%2520ASH%2520M..pdf?acc_num=ucin1100874132
Author: Ash M. Genaidy
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: University of Cincinnati
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer%0a
Candidate and incumbent employees of the Cumberland Fire Department who have insulin dependent diabetes mellitus updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D159597
Author: Small, Daniel R
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, diabetes, medical fitness
Cardiorespiratory and thermoregulatory response of working in fire-fighter protective clothing in a temperate environment.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11014757&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Baker SJ, Grice J, Roby L, Matthews C.
Date Published: September 2000
Publisher: Ergonomics
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, protective clothing, physiological responses, heat stress%0a
Cardiorespiratory fitness and the metabolic syndrome in firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19578075
Author: Donovan R, Nelson T, Peel J, Lipsey T, Voyles W, Israel RG.
Date Published: October 2009
Publisher: Department of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University
Keywords: procedures, firefighter
Cardiovascular and thermal consequences of protective clothing: a comparison of clothed and unclothed states updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D145617
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
Cardiovascular and thermal consequences of protective clothing: a comparison of clothed and unclothed states updated
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D145617
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
Cardiovascular Disease in US Firefighters: A Systematic Review.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21646874
Author: Soteriades ES, Smith DL, Tsismenakis AJ, Baur DM, Kales SN.
Date Published: July - Aug 2011
Publisher: Department of Environmental Health, Environmental and Occupational Medicine
Keywords: volunteer departments, fire
Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer and Reproductive Hazards in Firefighters
http://synapse.koreamed.org/DOIx.php?id=10.5124/jkma.2008.51.12.1097&vmode=FULL
Author: Ah Reum Han, MD; John A. Linton, MD
Date Published: December 2008
Publisher: Journal of the Korean Medical Association
Keywords: toronto mortality study , firefighter
Cardiovascular Fitness in Firefighters.
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200005000-00001.htm;jsessionid=GG2phvGQPd2Rj4Y380vyDTzT218Dk4KmHT2D9HkJpJlCXmdy1Z43!434772722!181195629!8091!-1
Author: Kales, Stefanos N.; Christiani, David C.
Date Published: May 2000
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Keywords: Initiative 6, cardiovascular fitness, heart function%0a
Cardiovascular risk factors among career firefighters
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19894672
Author: Drew-Nord DC, Hong O, Froelicher ES
Date Published: October 2009
Publisher: Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing, Community Health Systems, Un
Keywords: physical demands, firefighting
Cardiovascular risk markers in firefighters: a longitudinal study
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
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%0a