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Female Firefighter Cancer Study in Phoenix
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Recently, female firefighters from the Phoenix Fire Department took part in a Female Firefighter Cancer Cohort Study, being run by the University of Arizona and Florida State University. “We’re taking specific measurements of their gear and their body, and then they're going into a live fire training, and then we’re going to be collecting some samples afterwards, to measure how those gear measures are associated with changes in combustion and measured in their urine”, Michelle Vallenti, Epidemiologist, University of Arizona. The Gear fit AIM portion of the study has participation from 4 departments nationwide and focuses on the turnouts that...
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