Mortality in Florida professional firefighters, 1972 to 1999

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 509-517

  Ma, Fangchao ^a,e   Fleming, Lora E ^a   Lee, David J ^a   Trapido, Edward ^a   Gerace, Terence A ^a,b   Lai, Hong ^c   Lai, Shenghan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Toxic Tobacco Law Coalition   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e RMSB   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Firefighters; Mortality; Neoplasms; Occupational exposure; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FIRES; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20444401587     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20160     Document Type: Article

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