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Epidemiology of hazardous materials responses by Massachusetts district HAZMAT teams.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=8925324&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Kales SN, Castro MJ, Christiani DC.
Date Published: April 1996
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, Initiative 2, environmental risks, hazmat response
Evaluation of the infection control program changes recommended for Hampton Fire and Rescue Division
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32169.pdf
Author: Hanger, Tracy L.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, infection control, environmental risks
Evaluation of the Risk of Cancer among Fire Fighters
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/ff-rpt_3719_7.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: June 1999
Publisher: Michigan Environmental Science Board
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer
Fire fighters and risk of cancer: an assessment and overview of the epidemiologic evidence
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2260535&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Author: Howe GR, Burch JD.
Date Published: 1990;132:1039 –1050.
Publisher: American Journal of Epidemiology
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer, environmental risks
Fire Station 31 Cancer Proportional Incidence Ratio (PIR) Study, 1975-2003
http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=cache:eCJ4ctjTT6IJ:buildgreennw.com/fire/station31/Final_PIRreport_Oct27_1.pdf
Author: Nguyet Tran, Juliet VanEenwyk, Eric Ossiander
Date Published: October 2004
Publisher: Office of Non-Infectious Conditions Epidemiology, Washington State Departme
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer
Firefighter Heart Presumption Retirements in Massachusetts 1997-2004
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200610000-00013.htm;jsessionid=G4QQ1TFgGpT0LJJQMyLQSvy2y09rGGbwMpL2q9v8hh38LLC4NVzr!-1465501618!-949856144!8091!-1
Author: Holder, Stallings, Peeples, Burress, Kales
Date Published: Oct. 2006
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, heart function, medical risks
Firefighter safety and health issues at the World Trade Center site.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12439878&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Spadafora R.
Date Published: December 2002
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, Initiative 2, situational risks, environmental risks, World Trade Cente
Firefighters and Heart Disease
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/reprint/82/8/1175?ijkey=ea50c514e2d173a16dad5b5e7ccf5cc2fe2420e1&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
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
Firefighters and Heart Disease: Beyond the Statistics
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/279495/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/FIREFIGHTERS-AND-HEART-DISEASE:-BEYOND-THE-STATISTICS-
Author: Mary Jane Dittmar
Date Published: December 2006
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heart disease
Firefighters and on-duty deaths from coronary heart disease: a case control study
http://www.ehjournal.net/content/pdf/1476-069X-2-14.pdf
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-
Firefighters' Hearing: A Comparison With Population Databases From the International Standards Organ
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200107000-00013.htm;jsessionid=G6LcSwmL2TQMLs0JHnhWQqw22CVTMH2HlBVlQlPnh4nBv1vZ4JNK!-1691313428!-949856144!8091!-1
Author: Kales, Stefanos N.; Freyman, Richard L.; Hill, Jeoffrey M.; Polyhronopoulos, Gerry N.; Aldrich, Jon
Date Published: July 2001
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, medical risks, hearing loss
Firefighting and Death from Cardiovascular Causes
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/12/1261
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
Firefighting and risk of testicular cancer: results from a German population-based case-control stud
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12594776&dopt=Citation
Author: Stang A, Jöckel KH, Baumgardt-Elms C, Ahrens W.
Date Published: March 2003
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer, environmental risks, testicular cancer, German cancer study, In
Fitness Self-Perception and Vo2max in Firefighters
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200206000-00017.htm;jsessionid=G8ZVWf40h96YS9Q2yyHQBrK7whdhdGVh7qGfKgppk8dbx6qPdRyR!-1465501618!-949856144!8091!-1
Author: Peate, WF; Lundergan, L; Johnson, JJ
Date Published: 44(6):546-550, June
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, work capacity, aerobic capacity, lung function, physical fitness
Floodwater exposure and the related health symptoms among firefighters in New Orleans, Louisiana 200
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=17407147
Author: Tak, S; Bernard, BP; Driscoll, RJ; Dowell, CH
Date Published: 2007 May;50(5):377-8
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, floodwater exposure, Hurricane Katrina, medical risks
Guide to Managing an Emergency Service Infection Control Program
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-112.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, situational risks, infection, infection control, risk reduction practices, Initiative 6, medical risks
Health and environmental consequences of the world trade center disaster.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15121517&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Landrigan PJ, Lioy PJ, Thurston G, Berkowitz G, Chen LC, Chillrud SN, Gavett SH, Georgopoulos PG, Ge
Date Published: May 2004
Publisher: Environmental Health Perspectives
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, World Trade Center, environmental risks
Health hazard evaluation of police officers and firefighters after Hurricane Katrina--New Orleans, L
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16645571&itool=iconfft&query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Date Published: 2006 Apr 28;55(16):
Publisher: Morb Mortal Wkly Rep.
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Hurricane Katrina, medical risks, health hazard evaluation, flood
Health hazards of fire fighters: exposure assessment.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=3179235&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Brandt-Rauf PW, Fallon LF Jr, Tarantini T, Idema C, Andrews L.
Date Published: September 1988
Publisher: British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks, smoke inhalation, toxic exposure
Health hazards of firefighters: acute pulmonary effects after toxic exposures.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2930733&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Brandt-Rauf PW, Cosman B, Fallon LF Jr, Tarantini T, Idema C.
Date Published: Mar-89
Publisher: British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical risks, smoke inhalation, toxic exposure, lu
Heart rate and ECG responses of fire fighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=1127475&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
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
Heat stress and its effect on tenable conditions for firefighters
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Turner, David.
Date Published: Feb 1998
Publisher: Fire Australia
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heat stress, environmental risks
Heat Stress in the Training Environment
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/60227/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/HEAT-STRESS-IN-THE-TRAINING-ENVIRONMENT
Author: David F. Clark.; Denise L. Smith; Steven J. Petruzzello; Bradley G. Bone
Date Published: March 1998
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, training safety, heat stress, environmental risks, protective clothing
HEPATITIS C and the fire service part 1: assessing the risk
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/89658/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/HEPATITIS-C-and-the-fire-service-part-1:-assessing-the-risk
Author: Mary Jane Dittmar
Date Published: December 2000
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, communicable diseases, hepatitis C, environmental risks
Hepatitis C and the fire service part 2: Mounting an Offensive
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/92640/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/HEPATITIS-C-and-the-fire-service-part-2:-MOUNTING-AN-OFFENSIV
Author: Mary Jane Dittmar
Date Published: Jan 2001*
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, communicable diseases, hepatitis C, environmental risks