A technique to re-assess epidemiologic evidence in light of the healthy worker effect: The case of firefighting and heart disease

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1021-1034

  Choi, Bernard C K ^a,b,c,d  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Bureau of Cardio Respiratory Diseases and Diabetes   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FIRE FIGHTER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033777049     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200010000-00009     Document Type: Article

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