Heart disease deaths among firefighters [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2535-2537

  Dueñas Laita, Antonio ^a   Peréz Castrillón, José L ^a   Ruiz Mambrilla, Marta ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL RESPIRATION; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY; FIRE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES; EXERCISE TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; BODY MASS; CHRONOTROPISM; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TREADMILL;

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; EMERGENCIES; FIRES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; UNITED STATES; EXERCISE TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34250316578     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc071117     Document Type: Letter

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