Obesity and incident injury among career firefighters in the central United States

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1505-1508

  Jahnke, S A ^a   Poston, W S C ^a   Haddock, C K ^a   Jitnarin, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL BURN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCUSSION; FIRE FIGHTER; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WOUND;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84883138752     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20436     Document Type: Article

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