RE: Mortality in Florida professional firefighters, 1972-1999

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-140

  Sjögren, Bengt ^a   Johanson, Gunnar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATECHOLAMINE; FIBRINOGEN; STEROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FIRE FIGHTER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB STRESS; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; FIRE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FIRES; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 32344452730     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20250     Document Type: Letter

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