Effect of live-fire training drills on firefighters'™ platelet number and function

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-239

  Smith, Denise L ^a,b   Petruzzello, Steven J ^a   Goldstein, Eric ^a   Ahmad, Uzma ^a   Tangella, Krishnarao ^a,c   Freund, Gregory G ^a   Horn, Gavin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Christie Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

firefighter; platelet aggregation; platelet count; platelet function test; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; FIRE; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PLATELETS; FIRES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79952269086     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.545477     Document Type: Article

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