Injury among a population based sample of career firefighters in the central USA

Injury Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 393-398

  Jahnke, Sara A ^a   Carlos Poston, Walker S ^a   Haddock, Christopher Keith ^a   Jitnarin, Nattinee ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COLORADO; EXERCISE; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; WYOMING;

EID: 84888132623     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040662     Document Type: Article

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