@article{ref1,
title="The New York City fire epidemic as a toxic phenomenon",
journal="International archives of occupational and environmental health",
year="1982",
author="Wallace, R.",
volume="50",
number="1",
pages="33-51",
abstract="Reductions in the fire service in New York City from 1972 to 1976 appear to have caused a disproportionate increase in fire-fighter work load through several unexpected mechanisms of fire contagion. In turn, the work load increase has itself had a disproportionate physiologic impact: A classic dose-response relation has been observed between a composite measure of per capita structural fire work load and the percentage of the fire-fighting work force retiring under conditions of disability. After 1974, the increase in work load seems to have caused entry to the 'linear' portion of the dose-response curve. Implications of this synergism are explored for both New York City and other American urban areas now suffering 'fiscal crises' or planning fire service reductions.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0340-0131",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}