2021
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23266
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Assembling the Career Firefighter Health Study cohort: A methods overview

Abstract: Background: Studies of World Trade Center (WTC)-exposed rescue/recovery workers report the increased occurrence of health conditions after work at the WTC disaster site. However, the extent to which these associations are due to WTC exposure is unclear, in part due to the lack of suitable comparison groups. Accordingly, we identified a previously assembled National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) cohort of career firefighters from three US cities (n = 29,992). Here, we document the challen… Show more

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“…Instead, the non‐WTC‐exposed firefighter comparison population was comprised of career firefighters from fire departments in Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, whose roster information was originally obtained by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 22 . A subset of this population was alive and eligible for follow‐up, as described elsewhere 21 . A subset of eligible non‐FDNY members completed a self‐administered health questionnaire similar to the FDNY health monitoring questionnaire by May 26, 2021 ( n = 3346).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Instead, the non‐WTC‐exposed firefighter comparison population was comprised of career firefighters from fire departments in Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, whose roster information was originally obtained by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 22 . A subset of this population was alive and eligible for follow‐up, as described elsewhere 21 . A subset of eligible non‐FDNY members completed a self‐administered health questionnaire similar to the FDNY health monitoring questionnaire by May 26, 2021 ( n = 3346).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A subset of eligible non‐FDNY members completed a self‐administered health questionnaire similar to the FDNY health monitoring questionnaire by May 26, 2021 ( n = 3346). Respondents were demographically similar to nonrespondents 21 . We excluded 208 female firefighters and 283 firefighters who reported WTC exposure.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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