Cardiac fatalities in firefighters: An analysis of the U.S. fire administration database

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 191-195

  Sen, Soman ^a   Palmieri, Tina ^a   Greenhalgh, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA BASE; EXERCISE; FIRE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVEREXERTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FIREFIGHTERS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84916887217     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000225     Document Type: Article

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