Ischemic heart disease mortality and occupation among 16- to 60-year-old males

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 960-966

  Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a   Merling, Jeffrey W ^b   Burnett, Carol A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLERGY; FIRE FIGHTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OPERATOR; PHYSICIAN; POLICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032725112     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199911000-00007     Document Type: Article

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