Firefighter fitness, coronary heart disease, and sudden cardiac death risk

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 603-617

  Staley, John A ^a   Weiner, Bryan ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural adaptability; Firefighter physical fitness; Fitness behavior; Fitness expectations; Fitness norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053917231     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.35.5.9     Document Type: Article

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