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Cancer risk among firefighters in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort

  • 10 Dec 2021
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Webinar

Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar

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Title: Cancer risk among firefighters in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort

Firefighters are exposed to a variety of known and suspected carcinogens through their work. However, the association with cancer risk has limited evidence. The project “Cancer risk among firefighters” began in 2017 as a collaboration between the Cancer Registry of Norway and the National Institute of Occupational Health to explore work-related cancer risk among firefighters. Through this study and with the cooperation of fire departments, a cohort of firefighters who worked at 15 fire departments in Norway between 1950 and 2018 was established. This seminar will present background on this research project and cohort, and present the results from the first part of this ongoing study which has investigated cancer incidence among firefighters in sites with established associations to known carcinogens that firefighters face through their work.

Presenter: Niki Marjerrison

Niki Marjerrison is a PhD student with the Department of Research at the Cancer Registry of Norway in Oslo, Norway. She is currently on a research placement at the Occupational Cancer Research Centre in Toronto, Canada. Niki’s research interests are in epidemiology and disease prevention. She holds an MPhil in International Community Health from the University of Oslo in Oslo, Norway and a BSc in Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada.

The Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar Series is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The series is also approved by Council of Professional Experience for professional development hours (PDHs) for members of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI), and by the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (CRBOH) for Registration Maintenance (RM) points. For more information, please contact Victoria Arrandale (victoria.arrandale@utoronto.ca).

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