Sudden cardiac death in the fire service

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 228-230

  Kales, Stefanos N ^a,b   Smith, Denise L ^c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 84901585538     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqu057     Document Type: Editorial

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