Carotid artery dissection following minimal postural trauma in a firefighter

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 430-431

  Lloyd, Stewart ^a  

^a Caritas Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid artery dissection; Firefighting; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ATORVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4644238418     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh044     Document Type: Article

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