Accuracy of body mass index-defined obesity status in us firefighters

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 161-164

  Jitnarin, Nattinee ^a   Poston, Walker S C ^a   Haddock, Christopher K ^a   Jahnke, Sara A ^a   Day, Rena S ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; body fat; firefighters; obesity; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAREER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84908017782     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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