Epidemiology of injuries to wildland firefighters

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 339-345

  Britton, Carla ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^a   Ramirez, Marizen ^a   Torner, James ^a   Buresh, Christopher ^a,b   Peek Asa, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISLOCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FIRE FIGHTER; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; WILDERNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873691032     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.08.032     Document Type: Article

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