Cardiovascular disease in US firefighters: A systematic review

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 202-215

  Soteriades, Elpidoforos S ^a,b   Smith, Denise L ^c,d   Tsismenakis, Antonios J ^e,f   Baur, Dorothee M ^a,e   Kales, Stefanos N ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Cyprus Institute of Biomedical Sciences CIBS   (Cyprus)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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

^e CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CVD; firefighters; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE FIGHTER; FITNESS; GOVERNMENT; HEAT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOISE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SMOKE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEHYDRATION; DIET; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FIRES; HEALTH STATUS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOISE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79959229970     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: 15384683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0b013e318215c105     Document Type: Review

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