Cardiovascular mortality of cockpit crew in germany: Cohort study

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 483-489

  Zeeb, Hajo ^a   Langner, Ingo ^a   Blettner, Maria ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Cohort study; Germany; Mortality; Pilots

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; GERMANY; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 0038141055     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-003-0945-0     Document Type: Article

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