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Occupational Stressors, Stress Responses, and Alcohol Consumption Among Professional Firefighters: A Prospective, Longitudinal Analysis

Author: Murphy, Shirley A; Beaton, Randal D; Pike, Kenneth C; Johnson, LC
Date Published: Volume 6, Number 3,
Publisher: International Journal of Stress Management
Keywords: Initiative 13, job stress, stress response, alcohol abuse

Work and nonwork stressors, negative affective states, and pain complaints among firefighters and paramedics

Author: Randal Beaton, Shirley Murphy, and Kenneth Pike
Date Published: October 1996
Publisher: International Journal of Stress Management
Keywords: job stress, negative affective state, Initiative 13

Lifestyle Practices and Occupational Stressors as Predictors of Health Outcomes in Urban Firefighters

Author: Shirley A. Murphy, Gail E. Bond, Randal D. Beaton, John Murphy and L. Clark Johnson
Date Published: Volume 9, Number 4 /
Publisher: International Journal of Stress Management
Keywords: medical risks, lifestyle, Initiative 6

Smallpox and the Fire Service: Vaccination Guidance for Emergency Responders

Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: International Association of Fire Fighters
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, environmental risks, communicable diseases, smallpox

Infectious Diseases and the Fire and Emergency Services

Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 1992
Publisher: International Association of Fire Fighters
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, environmental risks, communicable diseases, infectious diseases

Recognition and Prevention of Occupational Heart Diseases

Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: International Association of Fire Fighters
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, heart disease

Woodsmoke health effects: a review.

Author: Naeher LP, Brauer M, Lipsett M, Zelikoff JT, Simpson CD, Koenig JQ, Smith KR.
Date Published: January 2007
Publisher: Inhalation Toxicology
Keywords: environmental risks, smoke exposure, Initiative 6, Initiative 2

Acute health hazards of firefighters after fighting a department store fire.

Author: Gu TL, Liou SH, Hsu CH, Hsu JC, Wu TN.
Date Published: 1996
Publisher: Industrial Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, environmental risks

Guide to Managing an Emergency Service Infection Control Program

Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2002
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 6, Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, environmental risks, situational risks, infection control, infection

Physical Fitness and Cardiac Risk Factors of Professional Firefighters Across the Career Span

Author: Steven C. Davis, Kristine Z. Jankovitz, and Steven Rein
Date Published: September 2002
Publisher: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, heart function, medical risk