2022

Schaefer Solle N, Legros A, Jackson R, Rangan A, Beaver CC, Kling H, Khan F, Koru-Sengul T, Penedo FJ, Caban-Martinez AJ, Kobetz EN. Understanding Cancer Survivorship among Firefighters: A Mixed-Method Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 24;20(1):257. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010257. PMID: 36612579; PMCID: PMC9819887.

Snapp HA, Schaefer Solle N, Millet B, Rajguru SM. Subclinical Hearing Deficits in Noise-Exposed Firefighters. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(17):11028. Published 2022 Sep 3. doi:10.3390/ijerph191711028
PMID: 36078744

2018

Harrison TR, Muhamad JW, Yang F, et al. Firefighter attitudes, norms, beliefs, barriers, and behaviors toward post-fire decontamination processes in an era of increased cancer risk. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2018;15(4):279-284. doi:10.1080/15459624.2017.1416389
PMID: 29283320

Harrison TR, Yang F, Morgan SE, et al. The Invisible Danger of Transferring Toxins with Bunker Gear: A Theory-Based Intervention to Increase Postfire Decontamination to Reduce Cancer Risk in Firefighters. J Health Commun. 2018;23(12):999-1007. doi:10.1080/10810730.2018.1535633
PMID: 30346894

2017

Anderson DA, Harrison TR, Yang F, Wendorf Muhamad J, Morgan SE. Firefighter perceptions of cancer risk: Results of a qualitative study. Am J Ind Med. 2017;60(7):644-650. doi:10.1002/ajim.22726
PMID: 28616888

Harrison, TR, Yang, F, Anderson, D, et al. Resilience, culture change, and cancer risk reduction in a fire rescue organization: Clean gear as the new badge of honor. J Contingencies and Crisis Management. 2017; 25: 171– 181. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12182
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2025

Testoff, Addison & Koru-Sengul, Tulay & Solle, Natasha & Vidot, Denise & Lee, David & Kobetz, Erin & Caban-Martinez, Alberto. (2025). Predictors of Ever Using Marijuana among U.S. First Responders. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003310.

2024

Caban-Martinez, Alberto & Louzado-Feliciano, Paola & Green, Aimee & Garibaldi, Johanna & Lee, David & Solle, Natasha & Kobetz, Erin. (2024). O-185 EFFECTS OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) ON THE METABOLOME OF U.S. AIRPORT AND STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTERS: EVIDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL FIREFIGHTER CANCER INITIATIVE. Occupational Medicine. 74. 10.1093/occmed/kqae023.0948.

Testoff, Addison & Pauley, Jeffrey & Brewer, Michael & Weidlich, Christopher & Koru-Sengul, Tulay & Solle, Natasha & Caban-Martinez, Alberto. (2024). Mental Health Disorders, Organizational Stigma, and Health Service Utilization among U.S. Fire Investigators: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 66. 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003173.

Millet, Barbara & Kobetz, Erin & Solle, Natasha & Caban-Martinez, Alberto. (2024). Perceptions of Cancer Risk and Gear Decontamination Among Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Firefighters: Insights from a Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 67. 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003257.

2023

Kling HE, Koru-Sengul T, Schaefer Solle N, Louzado-Feliciano P, Lee DJ, Kobetz EN, Caban-Martinez AJ. Weight Status and Binge Drinking Among Male and Female Florida Firefighters. J Occup Environ Med. 2023 Aug 1;65(8):e565-e570. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002894. Epub 2023 May 28. PubMed PMID: 37253243; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10524551.

2022

Kling HE, Maldonado L, St George SM, et al. Firefighter Well-Being Defined and Operationalized at the Organizational and Worker Level: A Qualitative Study. J Occup Environ Med. 2022;64(11):e736-e743. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002685

Fayne R, Forouzandeh M, De Bedout V, et al. Skin cancer screening using total body photography and digital dermoscopy: A pilot study among Florida firefighters. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022;86(3):700-703. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2021.01.106
PMID: 33684491

Testoff AC, Schaefer Solle N, Shafazand S, Louzado-Feliciano P, Lee DJ, Koru-Sengul T, Kobetz EN, Caban-Martinez AJ. Sleep Latency and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Retired Career Florida Firefighters: Evidence From the Advancing Epidemiology of Retired Firefighters Aging Longitudinally Cohort. J Occup Environ Med. 2022 Dec 1;64(12):e851-e856. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002722. Epub 2022 Oct 7. PubMed PMID: 36221257; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9729374.

2021

Caban-Martinez AJ, Silvera CA, Santiago KM, et al. COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability Among US Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Occup Environ Med. 2021;63(5):369-373. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002152
PMID: 33560073

Caban-Martinez AJ, Hughes J, Bator C. A Total Worker Health Approach to Skin Exposure Assessment: Experiences from the Firefighter Cancer Initiative. Ann Work Expo Health. 2021;65(2):143-147. doi:10.1093/annweh/wxaa066
PMID: 32618337

Graham EL, Khaja S, Caban-Martinez AJ, Smith DL. Firefighters and COVID-19: An Occupational Health Perspective. J Occup Environ Med. 2021;63(8):e556-e563. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002297 PMID: 34138822

A.J. Caban-Martinez, U. Bakali, D. Urwin et al., Environmental/Occupational Exposures among First Responders of the Surfside Building Collapse, Annals of Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.08.009

2020

Kling H, Santiago K, Benitez L, Schaefer Solle N, Caban-Martinez AJ. Characterizing Objective and Self-Reported Levels of Physical Activity Among Florida Firefighters Across Weight Status Category: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study. Workplace Health Saf. 2020;68(11):513-518. doi:10.1177/2165079920925505

Caban-Martinez AJ, Schaefer-Solle N, Santiago K, et al. Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among firefighters/paramedics of a US fire department: a cross-sectional study. Occup Environ Med. 2020;77(12):857-861. doi:10.1136/oemed-2020-106676
PMID: 32764107

Louzado-Feliciano P, Griffin KA, Santiago KM, et al. Fire Service Organizational-Level Characteristics Are Associated With Adherence to Contamination Control Practices in Florida Fire Departments: Evidence From the Firefighter Cancer Initiative. J Occup Environ Med. 2020;62(9):e508-e514. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000001953
PMID: 32890221

Marimon MO, Schaefer Solle N, Santiago KM, Fonseca M, Dietz N, Caban-Martinez AJ. Diversity and Inclusion Leaders in US Fire Departments Impact the Type and Number of Diversity and Inclusion Programs Offered. J Occup Environ Med. 2020;62(1):e13-e16. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000001780
PMID: 31790062

2019

Caban-Martinez AJ, Schaefer Solle N, Santiago KM, et al. Impact of Organizational-level Factors on Cancer Screening Activities in Fire Departments: A Cross-sectional Study from the Sylvester Firefighter Cancer Initiative. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2019;12(5):335-342. doi:10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-18-0496
PMID: 30872268

McClure LA, Koru-Sengul T, Hernandez MN, et al. Availability and accuracy of occupation in cancer registry data among Florida firefighters. PLoS One. 2019;14(4):e0215867. Published 2019 Apr 30. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0215867
PMID: 31039169

Caban-Martinez AJ, Solle NS, Feliciano PL, et al. Use of Aqueous Film-Forming Foams and Knowledge of Perfluorinated Compounds Among Florida Firefighters. J Occup Environ Med. 2019;61(5):e227-e231. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000001566
PMID: 31045850

2018

Moore KJ, Koru-Sengul T, Alvarez A, et al. Safety Gear Decontamination Practices Among Florida Firefighters: Analysis of a Text-Based Survey Methodology. Workplace Health Saf. 2018;66(11):522-529. doi:10.1177/2165079918754331
PMID: 29480764

Moore KJ, Caban-Martinez AJ, Kirsner RS, et al. Firefighter Skin Cancer and Sun Protection Practices: Evidence From the Florida Firefighter Cancer Initiative. JAMA Dermatol. 2018;154(2):219-221. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.4254
PMID: 29238830

2024

Testoff, A.C. & Green, A.J. & Garibaldi, J. & Koru-Sengul, T. & Solle, N. & Kobetz, E.N. & Caban-Martinez, Alberto. (2024). PREDICTORS OF INFLAMMATION IN FIREFIGHTERS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING MODELS. Annals of Epidemiology. 97. 10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.07.021.

2023

Ahn S, Pinheiro PS, McClure LA, Hernandez DR, Caban-Martinez AJ, Lee DJ. An examination of psychometric properties of study quality assessment scales in meta-analysis: Rasch measurement model applied to the firefighter cancer literature. PLoS One. 2023;18(7):e0284469. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284469. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 37494348; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10370747.

Lee DJ, Ahn S, McClure LA, Caban-Martinez AJ, Kobetz EN, Ukani H, Boga DJ, Hernandez D, Pinheiro PS. Cancer risk and mortality among firefighters: a meta-analytic review. Front Oncol. 2023;13:1130754. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1130754. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 37251928; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10213433.

2021

Millet B. Integrating User-Centered Design Into the Sylvester Firefighter Cancer Initiative’s Personal Exposure Reporter. Ergonomics in Design. 2021;0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10648046211051196 Sage Journals

McClure LA, Koru-Sengul T, Hernandez MN, Caban-Martinez AJ, Kobetz EN, Lee DJ. Comparing cancer risk estimates using occupational record linkage approaches in male Florida firefighters. Am J Ind Med. 2021;64(2):78-83. doi:10.1002/ajim.23205
PMID: 33283309

2022

Ogunsina K, Koru-Sengul T, Rodriguez V, et al. A comparative analysis of histologic types of thyroid cancer between career firefighters and other occupational groups in Florida. BMC Endocr Disord. 2022;22(1):222. Published 2022 Sep 2. doi:10.1186/s12902-022-01104-5
PMID: 36056343

Ogunsina K, Koru-Sengul T, Rodriguez V, et al. Correlates of Positive Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies Among Firefighters: A Cross-Sectional-Study. J Endocr Soc. 2022;6(10):bvac125. Published 2022 Aug 23. doi:10.1210/jendso/bvac125
PMID: 36111276

2018

Schaefer Solle N, Caban-Martinez AJ, Levy RA, et al. Perceptions of health and cancer risk among newly recruited firefighters in South Florida. Am J Ind Med. 2018;61(1):77-84. doi:10.1002/ajim.22785
PMID: 29090827

2024

Testoff, A.C. & Stewart, A. & Gallimore-Wilson, D. & Gray, A.J. & Louzado-Feliciano, Paola & Bakali, Umer & Koru-Sengul, T. & Solle, N & Kobetz, E.N. & Caban-Martinez, Alberto. (2024). Blood serum PFAS levels in a sample of U.S. firefighters. Annals of Epidemiology. 97. 10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.07.079.

Bakali, Umer & Baum, Jeramy & Louzado-Feliciano, Paola & Killawala, Chitvan & Santiago, Katerina & Pauley, Jeffrey & Dikici, Emre & Solle, Natasha & Kobetz, Erin & Bachas, Leonidas & Deo, Sapna & Caban-Martinez, Alberto & Daunert, Sylvia. (2024). Characterization of fire investigators' polyaromatic hydrocarbon exposures using silicone wristbands. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 116349. 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116349.

2022

Kafkoutsou AL, Yang YP, Zeynaloo E, et al. Impact of Firefighting Aqueous Film-Forming Foams on Human Cell Proliferation and Cellular Mortality. J Occup Environ Med. 2022;64(5):e340-e344. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002527
PMID: 35250009

Kafkoutsou, Alexia & Bakali, Umer & Santiago, Katerina & Dikici, Emre & Solle, Natasha & Kobetz, Erin & Deo, Sapna & Daunert, Sylvia & Caban-Martinez, Alberto. (2022). Rapid bioanalytical screening for the assessment of internalized exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in clinical samples of Florida Firefighters. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2022. 10.1289/isee.2022.P-0887.

2021

Bakali et al. 2021, Mapping carcinogen exposure across urban fire incident response arenas using passive silicone-based samplers.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112929

2020

Caban-Martinez AJ, Louzado-Feliciano P, Santiago KM, et al. Objective Measurement of Carcinogens Among Dominican Republic Firefighters Using Silicone-Based Wristbands. J Occup Environ Med. 2020;62(11):e611-e615. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002006 PMID: 32826549

Baum JLR, Bakali U, Killawala C, et al. Evaluation of silicone-based wristbands as passive sampling systems using PAHs as an exposure proxy for carcinogen monitoring in firefighters: Evidence from the firefighter cancer initiative. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2020;205:111100. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111100 PMID: 32911453

2018

Caban-Martinez AJ, Kropa B, Niemczyk N, et al. The "Warm Zone" Cases: Environmental Monitoring Immediately Outside the Fire Incident Response Arena by Firefighters. Saf Health Work. 2018;9(3):352-355. doi:10.1016/j.shaw.2017.12.003 PMID: 30370169

2025

Goodrich, Jaclyn & Furlong, Melissa & Urwin, Derek & Gabriel, Jamie & Hughes, Jeff & Jung, Alesia & Calkins, Miriam & DuBose, Kathleen & Caban-Martinez, Alberto & Solle, Natasha & Beitel, Shawn & Burgess, Jefferey. (2025). Epigenetic Modifications Associated With Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Firefighting. Environmental and molecular mutagenesis. 10.1002/em.70002.

2024

Valenti, Michelle & Farland, Leslie & Huang, Kaiwen & Liu, Yiwen & Beitel, Shawn & Jahnke, Sara & Hollerbach, Brittany & Clair, Caitlin & Gulotta, John & Kolar, Jamie & Urwin, Derek & Louzado-Feliciano, Paola & Baker, Jordan & Jack, Kepra & Caban-Martinez, Alberto & Goodrich, Jaclyn & Burgess, Jefferey. (2024). Evaluating the Effect of Depression, Anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder on Anti-Müllerian Hormone Levels Among Women Firefighters. Journal of women's health (2002). 10.1089/jwh.2024.0534.

Shah, Nimit & Wackowski, Olivia & Jahnke, Sara & Roy, Jason & Hollerbach, Brittany & Edwards, Derrick & Caban-Martinez, Alberto & Calkins, Miriam & Austin, Elena & Black, Taylor & Awadalla, Josephine & Grant, Casey & Kubiel, Brian & Graber, Judith. (2024). Firefighter- and Fire Department-Level Barriers and Promoters of Physical Activity and Fitness Among Volunteer Firefighters: A Qualitative Study Using Semistructured Interviews. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 66. 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003222.

2023

Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Cardenas A, Goodrich JM, Furlong MA, Jung AM, Collender PA, Caban-Martinez AJ, Grant C, Beitel SC, Littau S, Urwin DJ, Gabriel JJ, Hughes J, Gulotta J, Wallentine D, Burgess JL. Occupational Years of Service and Leukocyte Epigenetic Aging: Relationships in United States Firefighters. J Occup Environ Med. 2023 May 1;65(5):e312-e318. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002817. Epub 2023 Feb 15. PubMed PMID: 36787539; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10171280.

Williams, E. C., Ma, Y., Loo, D. M., Schaefer Solle, N., Millet, B., Harris, K., Snapp, H. A., & Rajguru, S. M. (2023). Monitoring Occupational Noise Exposure in Firefighters Using the Apple Watch. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 2315. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032315

2022

Tyner HL, Burgess JL, Grant L, et al. Neutralizing Antibody Response to Pseudotype Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Differs Between mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccines and by History of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;75(1):e827-e837. doi:10.1093/cid/ciab1038 PMID: 34928334

Yoon SK, Hegmann KT, Thiese MS, et al. Protection with a Third Dose of mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Frontline Workers. N Engl J Med. 2022;386(19):1855-1857. doi:10.1056/NEJMc2201821 PMID: 35385628

Burgess JL, Fisher JM, Nematollahi A, et al. Serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance concentrations in four municipal US fire departments [published online ahead of print, 2022 Jul 21]. Am J Ind Med. 2022;10.1002/ajim.23413. doi:10.1002/ajim.23413 PMID: 35864570

2021

Caban-Martinez AJ, Gaglani M, Olsho LEW, et al. COVID-19 Vaccination Perspectives and Illnesses Among Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and Other First Responders in the US, January to September 2021. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(7):e2222640. Published 2022 Jul 1. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22640
PMID: 35852804

Naleway AL, Grant L, Caban-Martinez AJ, et al. Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among COVID-19 vaccinated and unvaccinated healthcare personnel, first responders, and other essential and frontline workers: Eight US locations, January-September 2021. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2022;16(3):585-593. doi:10.1111/irv.12956
PMID: 35023288

Edwards LJ, Fowlkes AL, Wesley MG, et al. Research on the Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Essential Response Personnel (RECOVER): Protocol for a Multisite Longitudinal Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021;10(12):e31574. Published 2021 Dec 3. doi:10.2196/31574
PMID: 34662287

Thompson MG, Burgess JL, Naleway AL, et al. Prevention and Attenuation of Covid-19 with the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines. N Engl J Med. 2021;385(4):320-329.kk doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2107058 PMID: 34192428

Thompson MG, Burgess JL, Naleway AL, et al. Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Health Care Personnel, First Responders, and Other Essential and Frontline Workers - Eight U.S. Locations, December 2020-March 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;70(13):495-500. Published 2021 Apr 2. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm7013e3
PMID: 33793460

Kadiwar P, Shah N, Black T, et al. Dietary Intake Among Members of a Volunteer Fire Department Compared With US Daily Dietary Recommendations. J Occup Environ Med. 2021;63(2):147-150. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002102
PMID: 33273397

Solle NS, Santiago KM, Louzado Feliciano P, et al. Perceptions of Work-Related Health and Cancer Risks Among Women Firefighters: A Qualitative Study. J Occup Environ Med. 2021;63(12):e846-e852. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002386
PMID: 34538836

Goodrich JM, Calkins MM, Caban-Martinez AJ, et al. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, epigenetic age and DNA methylation: a cross-sectional study of firefighters. Epigenomics. 2021;13(20):1619-1636. doi:10.2217/epi-2021-0225
PMID: 34670402

Goodrich JM, Calkins MM, Caban-Martinez AJ, et al. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, epigenetic age and DNA methylation: a cross-sectional study of firefighters. Epigenomics. 2021;13(20):1619-1636. doi:10.2217/epi-2021-0225
PMID: 34670402

Graber JM, Black TM, Shah NN, et al. Prevalence and Predictors of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Serum Levels among Members of a Suburban US Volunteer Fire Department. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(7):3730. Published 2021 Apr 2. doi:10.3390/ijerph18073730
PMID: 33918459

Goodrich JM, Furlong MA, Caban-Martinez AJ, et al. Differential DNA Methylation by Hispanic Ethnicity Among Firefighters in the United States. Epigenet Insights. 2021;14:25168657211006159. Published 2021 Mar 26. doi:10.1177/25168657211006159
PMID: 35036834

Demers PA, DeMarini DM, Fent KW, et al. Carcinogenicity of occupational exposure as a firefighter. Lancet Oncol. 2022;23(8):985-986. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(22)00390-4 PMID: 35780778

Louzado-Feliciano P, Santiago KM, Paule L, et al. Perceptions of Occupational Cancer Risk and Prevention Among Dominican Republic Firefighters: A Qualitative Study. J Occup Environ Med. 2022;64(3):e131-e135. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002466 PMID: 35244089

Moore KJ, Koru-Sengul T, Alvarez A, et al. Safety Gear Decontamination Practices Among Florida Firefighters: Analysis of a Text-Based Survey Methodology. Workplace Health Saf. 2018;66(11):522-529. doi:10.1177/2165079918754331 PMID: 29480764