Accuracy of peak VO2 assessments in career firefighters

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Drew Nord, Dana C ^a   Myers, Jonathan ^b   Nord, Stephen R ^c   Oka, Roberta K ^d   Hong, Oisaeng ^a   Froelicher, Erika S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Premier COMP Medical Group Inc   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 80053174656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-6-25     Document Type: Article

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