The risk of cancer in firefighters
Golden, A.L.; Markowitz, S.B.; Landrigan, P.J.
Occupational Medicine 10(4): 803-820
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0885-114X PMID: 8903750 Document Number: 445983
A substantial body of literature now exists on the carcinogenic hazards of firefighting. The authors discuss in detail the data on the carcinogens benzene, asbestos, PAHS, formaldehyde, and diesel exhaust, and they go on to examine the prevalent cancers in firefighters, including leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and cancer of the brain and bladder.
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