Obesity and risk of LVH and ECG abnormalities in US firefighters

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 867-871

  Soteriades, Elpidoforos S ^a,d   Targino, Marcelo C ^f   Talias, Michael A ^e   Hauser, Russ ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Christiani, David C ^a,c   Kales, Stefanos N ^a,g  

^a Department of Environmental Health Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology (EOME)   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Cyprus Institute of Biomedical Sciences CIBS   (Cyprus)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^f Exeter Health Resources   (United States)

^g CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; FIRE FIGHTER; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051801776     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318221c6fe     Document Type: Article

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