Law enforcement duties and sudden cardiac death among police officers in United States: Case distribution study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Varvarigou, Vasileia ^a,b   Farioli, Andrea ^a,c,d   Korre, Maria ^a,c   Sato, Sho ^c   Dahabreh, Issa J ^e   Kales, Stefanos N ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911446023     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6534     Document Type: Article

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