Low fitness is associated with exercise abnormalities among asymptomatic firefighters

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 566-569

  Baur, D M ^a,b   Leiba, A ^a,c   Christophi, C A ^b,d   Kales, S N ^a,b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Exercise tests; Stress tests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FIRE FIGHTER; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE TEST; FIREFIGHTERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84867315057     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqs112     Document Type: Article

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