Risk of health complaints and disabilities among Dutch firefighters

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 373-382

  Bos, Jurriaan ^a   Mol, Eric ^b   Visser, Bart ^b   Frings Dresen, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Firefighter; Health complaints; Occupational risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNEE DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OFFICE WORKER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; SITTING; STOMACH DISEASE; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OFFICE MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

TRIXIS;

EID: 4644226064     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0537-y     Document Type: Article

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