Fighting with fire-How bushfire suppression can impact on fire fighters' health

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 994-997

  Aisbett, Brad ^a   Phillips, Matthew ^a   Sargeant, Michael ^b   Gilbert, Barry ^b   Nichols, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FIRE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; SOCIAL MARKETING;

AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FIRES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 38449115692     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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