Study population The demographic characteristics of the 40 male participants included in this study are shown in Table 1. Participants were divided into three groups based on employment status as firefighter, specifically Current Firefighters (n = 13), Former Firefighters (n = 17), and Non-firefi...
While VOCs were quantified for every fire response event (N = 72), PAHs were quantified for a subset of the population (N = 48). Pumps were calibrated using a low or medium flow Drycal Defender (MesaLabs, Lakewood, CO). All air samples had post-calibration flow rates that were within ...
HURWITZ: Structure fires were down by 34 percent. Vehicle fires were down nearly 60 percent. Outside fires were down more than 40 percent. And then all other fire types by more than 50 percent. So on a population weighted basis, total fire incidents fell by nearly 60 percent over three d...
The authors reported that the cancer rate among men aged 35–39 years was 323% higher than in the general population. In addition, the risk was higher in those with longer work experience ≥ 15 years, compared to men working for less time [43]. Souza R.V. et al. [44], in their ...
Finally, it should be noted that despite not having surveyed the entire BRIF wildland firefighter population, the sample obtained represented approximately 38.75% of the total population and provided us with a solid basis for drawing inferences about the population as a whole. The high response ...
The overall crude and age-standardized prevalence of the concurrent use of both substances (i.e., smokers and heavy drinkers) were 3.2% and 2.5%, respectively, which were relatively lower than estimates found within the women population in the US (16.4%) [8] and their male firefighter ...