Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts cardiovascular risk profiles in career firefighters

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1155-1160

  Baur, Dorothee M ^a,b   Christophi, Costas A ^a,c   Tsismenakis, Antonios J ^a,b,d   Cook, E Francis ^e   Kales, Stefanos N ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FAT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FIRE FIGHTER; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; OBESITY; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 80054034718     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31822c9e47     Document Type: Article

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