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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%0a

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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%0a

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Predictors of on-duty coronary events in male firefighters in the United States

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18308003
Author: Geibe JR, Holder J, Peeples L, Kinney AM, Burress JW, Kales SN.
Date Published: December 21 2007
Publisher: The Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School
Keywords: None

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Presumption for selected cancers and occupation as a firefighter in Manitoba: the rationale for recent Canadian legislation on presumption

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%0a

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Prevalence and risk of asthma symptoms among firefighters in São Paulo, Brazil: a population-based study.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19117017
Author: Ribeiro M, de Paula Santos U, Bussacos MA, Terra-Filho M.
Date Published: March 2009
Publisher: Occupational and Environmental Group, Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (
Keywords: procedures, firefighter

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Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in volunteer firefighters.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19620889
Author: Yoo HL, Franke WD
Date Published: August 2009
Publisher: Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University
Keywords: tobacco, fire

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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%0a

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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%0a

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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

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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%0a

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Pulmonary function in Portuguese firefighters

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17632674
Author: Almeida AG, Duarte R, Mieiro L, Paiva AC, Rodrigues AM, Almeida MH, Bárbara C.
Date Published: May - June 2007
Publisher: Medical Sciences School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Keywords: prevention, firefighting

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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%0a

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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%0a

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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%0a

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Recommendations for the administration of immunizations to members of the Richardson Fire Department updated

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries1.web&search=R%3D148195
Author: Hotz, Ed
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, firefighter immunizations

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Recommendations for the administration of smallpox immunizations to members of the Richardson Fire Department

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%0a

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Registry-based case-control study of cancer in California firefighters

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17427202
Author: Bates MN
Date Published: May 1, 2007
Publisher: Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Univeri
Keywords: mortality study, firefighter

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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%0a

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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%0a

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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%0a

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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%0a

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Respiratory symptoms in firefighters.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21246589
Author: Greven FE, Rooyackers JM, Kerstjens HA, Heederik DJ.
Date Published: May 2011
Publisher: Department of Environmental Health, Municipal Health Services Groningen
Keywords: respiratory symptoms, fire

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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,

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Seasonality and coronary heart disease deaths in United States firefighters

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17701682
Author: Mbanu I, Wellenius GA, Mittleman MA, Peeples L, Stallings LA, Kales SN
Date Published: 2007
Publisher: Harvard School of Public Health
Keywords: Not Listed

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Self-reported cardiac risks and interest in risk modification among volunteer firefighters: a survey-based study.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19075033
Author: Scanlon P., Ablah E.
Date Published: December 1, 2008
Publisher: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technolog
Keywords: medical risk, firefighter

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