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Physiological Responses of Firefighters Wearing Level 3 Chemical Protective Suits While Working in C
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200112000-00008.htm;jsessionid=GM2GQZvQDywypY6lPXb02vpwWwzCTxmPG1ZGZM2hSMPMsYPJZ2v9!186692045!181195628!8091!-1
Author: Richardson, Janet E.; Capra, Michael F.
Date Published: December 2001
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, hazmat response, chemical protective suit, medical risks
Physiological responses of firefighting students during simulated smoke-diving in the heat.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=8498358&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Lusa S, Louhevaara V, Smolander J, Kivimaki M, Korhonen O.
Date Published: May 1993
Publisher: American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, Initiative 5, training safety, smokediving
Physiological Responses of Training Officers During Live Fire Training
http://www.fireengineering.com/display_article/59238/25/ARCHI/none/Feat/PHYSIOLOGICAL-RESPONSES-OF-TRAINING-OFFICERS-DURING-LIVE-FIRE-TRAININ
Author: Bernard E. Williams; Stewart R. Petersen; and Kyla Douglas
Date Published: September 1996
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, physiological responses, training safety, training officers, live fire training
Presumption for selected cancers and occupation as a firefighter in Manitoba: the rationale for rece
http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=3526&prevQuery=&ps=10&m=or
Author: Tee L. Guidotti
Date Published: 2003 - Vol. 4, No.2/
Publisher: International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer, environmental risks
Prevention of HIV transmission in the workplace: category II (emergency service) workers.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2011975&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Mueller K.
Date Published: February 1991
Publisher: American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, communicable diseases, HIV
Prolonged Airway and Systemic Inflammatory Reactions After Smoke Inhalation
http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/123/2/475
Author: Gye Young Park; Jeong Woong Park; Dong Hae Jeong; Seong Hwan Jeong
Date Published: 2003; Vol. 123
Publisher: Chest
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, smoke inhalation, medical risks, lung function
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
Pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms in wildland firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=1765858&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Rothman N, Ford DP, Baser ME, Hansen JA, O'Toole T, Tockman MS, Strickland PT.
Date Published: November 1991
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical risks, lung function, respiratory symptoms, wildland firefighting
Pulmonary Functions Tests
http://www.iaff.org/HS/Resi/pulmonary%2520function%2520tests.htm
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: Not Listed
Publisher: International Association of Fire Fighters
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, lung function
Race-Specific Cancer Mortality in US Firefighters: 1984-1993.
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-199812000-00014.htm;jsessionid=G2hY2qHcH01m2XQS97dmMXyln2G2V2G49mKXRzX1RTLDL0pJbPKh!-1804036389!-949856145!8091!-1
Author: Fangchao Ma; Lee, David J.; Fleming, Lora E.; Dosemeci, Mustafa
Date Published: December 1998
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 9, Initiative 6, cancer
Recognition and Prevention of Occupational Heart Diseases
http://www.iaff.org/hs/pdf/iaff%2520heart%2520manual.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: International Association of Fire Fighters
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heart disease, heart disease prevention
Recommendations for the administration of immunizations to members of the Richardson Fire Department
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Hotz, Ed
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, firefighter immunizations
Recommendations for the administration of smallpox immunizations to members of the Richardson Fire D
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo36226.pdf
Author: Hotz, Ed
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, communicable diseases, smallpox, smallpox vaccine
Reducing Heart Disease Among Firefighters
http://www.emich.edu/cerns/downloads/papers/FireStaff/Unsorted/Reducing%2520Heart%2520Disease%2520Among%2520Firefighters.pdf
Author: David Bukis
Date Published: Aug-03
Publisher: Eastern Michigan University
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, heart disease, medical risks
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
Respiratory function in active firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11439397&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Mustajbegovic J, Zuskin E, Schachter EN, Kern J, Vrcic-Keglevic M, Heimer S, Vitale K, Nada T.
Date Published: July 2001
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, lung function, Initiative 2
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 mortality among firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2383515&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Rosenstock L, Demers P, Heyer NJ, Barnhart S.
Date Published: July 1990
Publisher: British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 9, Initiative 2, mortality study, Initiative 6, respiratory mortality, lung function
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,
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
Serum growth factors and oncoproteins in firefighters
http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/42/1/39
Author: J. Ford, S. Smith, Jiin-Chyuan Luo, G. Friedman-Jimenez, P. Brandt-Rauf, S. Markowitz, K. Garibaldi
Date Published: 1992
Publisher: Occupational Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer
Smallpox - no small problem
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo35766.pdf
Author: Snow, Mark A.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, communicable diseases, smallpox, smallpox vaccine
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
Technique to Re-Assess Epidemiologic Evidence in Light of the Healthy Worker Effect: The Case of Fir
http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200010000-00009.htm;jsessionid=G2kKT2VM3XVTV8nqBPcQB0GhbRMQ1cLn5T09JtG2DRqhRppDWRNh!-1804036389!-949856145!8091!-1
Author: Choi, Bernard C. K.
Date Published: October 2000
Publisher: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heart funtion, diabetes
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