Am J Ind Med
December 2022
World Trade Center Health Program, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Background: Firefighters perform strenuous work in hot environments, which may increase their risk of chronic kidney disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and types of ESRD among a cohort of US firefighters compared to the US general population, and to examine exposure-response relationships.
Methods: ESRD from 1977 through 2014 was identified through linkage with Medicare data.
Occup Environ Med
February 2020
Education and Information Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Objectives: To update the mortality experience of a previously studied cohort of 29 992 US urban career firefighters compared with the US general population and examine exposure-response relationships within the cohort.
Methods: Vital status was updated through 2016 adding 7 years of follow-up. Cohort mortality compared with the US population was evaluated via life table analyses.
Occup Environ Med
October 2015
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Objectives: To examine exposure-response relationships between surrogates of firefighting exposure and select outcomes among previously studied US career firefighters.
Methods: Eight cancer and four non-cancer outcomes were examined using conditional logistic regression. Incidence density sampling was used to match each case to 200 controls on attained age.
Occup Environ Med
February 2015
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, California, USA.
Objectives: Chromium VI (hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI)) is an established cause of lung cancer, but its association with gastrointestinal cancer is less clear. The goal of this study was to examine whether the current human epidemiological research on occupationally inhaled Cr(VI) supports the hypothesis that Cr(VI) is associated with human stomach cancer.
Methods: Following a thorough literature search and review of individual studies, we used meta-analysis to summarise the current epidemiological literature on inhaled Cr(VI) and stomach cancer, explore major sources of heterogeneity, and assess other elements of causal inference.
Occup Environ Med
June 2014
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Objectives: To examine mortality patterns and cancer incidence in a pooled cohort of 29 993 US career firefighters employed since 1950 and followed through 2009.
Methods: Mortality and cancer incidence were evaluated by life table methods with the US population referent. Standardised mortality (SMR) and incidence (SIR) ratios were determined for 92 causes of death and 41 cancer incidence groupings.
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