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Extreme sacrifice: sudden cardiac death in the US Fire Service

Firefighting is a hazardous profession which has claimed on average the lives of 105 US firefighters per year for the past decade. The leading cause of line-of-duty mortality is sudden cardiac death, which accounts for approximately 45% of all firefighter duty-related fatalities. Strenuous physical...

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Autores principales: Smith, Denise L, Barr, David A, Kales, Stefanos N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3710100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23849605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-7648-2-6