Exercise testing of young, apparently healthy professional drivers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Uglješić, Mirjana ^a   Belkić, Karen ^a,b,d   Bošković, Dejan ^b   Bošković, Snežana ^c   Ilić, Mirka ^b  

^a Ambulatory Occup Health Center   (Yugoslavia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^c Cardiology Clinic

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Exercise testing; Professional drivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAR DRIVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0029982799     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.133     Document Type: Article

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