Background Although firefighting and emergency medical services are high-risk professions,
few studies have identified the aetiology of injury in the fire service beyond the fireground …

Background Firefighting is a hazardous profession and firefighters suffer workplace injury at
a higher rate than most US workers. Decreased physical fitness is associated with injury in …

Purpose This study sought to develop a comprehensive measure of fitness that is predictive
of injury risk and can be used in the fire service to assess individual-level health and fit-for …

Firefighters are exposed to carcinogens and have elevated cancer rates. We hypothesized
that occupational exposures in firefighters would lead to DNA methylation changes …

Objectives: Firefighters have elevated cancer incidence and mortality rates. MicroRNAs play
prominent roles in carcinogenesis, but have not been previously evaluated in firefighters …

Musculoskeletal disorders of the workplace include acute, cumulative, and chronic injuries
or illnesses of the muscles, nerves, tendons, entheses, and ligaments-the soft tissues-that …

Background Formalized risk management (RM) is an internationally accepted process for
reducing hazards in the workplace, with defined steps including hazard scoping, risk …

Objective: Heart disease is the leading cause of firefighter line-of-duty deaths. The study
objectives were to identify early atherosclerotic disease through ultrasound measurement of …

It was with considerable irony that tribal leaders began a collaboration with the University of
Arizona and the Arizona Department of Health Services for training in public health …

Travel, especially if it is international, often means major changes for the family. Family
physicians should assess the epidemiologic risk and psych osocial significance of travel or …