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November 2004, Vol 94, No. 11 | American Journal of Public Health 1938-1939
© 2004 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Risk of Hospitalization Among Firefighters: The National Health Interview Survey, 1986–1994

David J. Lee, PhD, Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD, MPH, MS, Orlando Gomez-Marín, PhD, MSc and William LeBlanc, PhD

The authors are with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Fla. Orlando Gomez-Marín is also with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami, School of Medicine.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to David J. Lee, PhD, Highland Professional Building, Room 212-I, 1801 NW 9th Ave, Miami, FL 33136 (e-mail: dlee{at}med.miami.edu).

This study assessed the risk of hospitalization among firefighters. Data were derived from a nationally representative sample of 235 897 employed men from the National Health Interview Survey. Firefighters aged 30 to 39 years were at significantly increased risk for hospitalization relative to other employed men in the same age group (odds ratio = 1.93; 95% confidence interval=1.21, 3.09). Findings from this study and others support the call for longitudinal studies to monitor the health of this high-risk occupational group.






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