Failing firefighters: A survey of causes of death and ill-health retirement in serving firefighters in Strathclyde, Scotland from 1985-94

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 381-388

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^a Strathclyde Fire Brigade Hq   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Premature death; Premature retirement; Sickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INJURY; INVALIDITY; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EYE DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RETIREMENT; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031740753     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.6.381     Document Type: Article

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