Predictors of On-Duty Coronary Events in Male Firefighters in the United States

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 585-589

  Geibe, Jesse R ^a,b   Holder, Jonathan ^a   Peeples, Lynne ^b   Kinney, Aaron M ^a   Burress, John W ^c   Kales, Stefanos N ^a,b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISASTER; FIRE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FIRES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41949132241     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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