Toothless tests: Aassociations between the results of routine screening medical examinations and ill-health retirement of firefighters in West Central Scotland

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 353-365

  Ide, Christopher W ^a,b  

^a Strathclyde Fire Brigade   (United Kingdom)

^b Strathclyde Fire Brigade Hq ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Premature retirement; Screening examinations

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; VISION TEST; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0034222627     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/50.5.353     Document Type: Article

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