Mortality and life expectancy of professional fire fighters in Hamburg, Germany: A cohort study 1950 - 2000

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Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wagner, Norbert L ^a   Berger, Jürgen ^b   Flesch Janys, Dieter ^b   Koch, Peter ^b   Köchel, Anja ^b   Peschke, Michel ^c   Ossenbach, Trude ^c  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Epidemiology Working Group   (Germany)

^c Occupational Medical Service Personnel Department Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FIRE FIGHTER; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PENSION; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FIRES; GERMANY; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750021171     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-5-27     Document Type: Article

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