@article{ref1,
title="Mortality amongst Paris fire-fighters",
journal="European journal of epidemiology",
year="1995",
author="Deschamps, S. and Momas, I. and Festy, B.",
volume="11",
number="6",
pages="643-646",
abstract="This paper is the first mortality cohort study undertaken in France to examine the association between fire-fighting and cause of death. The cohort investigated in this study consisted of 830 male members of the Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris (BSPP). These professional had served for a minimum of 5 years on 1 January 1977. They were monitored for a 14 year period, finishing 1 January 1991. When compared to the average French male, the Paris fire-fighters were found to have a far lower overall mortality (SMR = 0.52 0.35-0.75). None of the cause specific SMRs were significantly different from unity. However a greater number of deaths than expected was observed for genito-urinary cancer (SMR = 3.29), digestive cancer (SMR = 1.14), respiratory cancer (SMR = 1.12) and 'cerebrovascular disease' (SMR = 1.16). The low overall SMR observed was consistent with the healthy worker effect. As for cause specific SMRs, they will be confirmed or invalidated by a further analysis as the follow-up of this cohort is being carried on.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0393-2990",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}