Mortality and life expectancy of professional fire fighters in Hamburg, Germany: a cohort study 1950 - 2000

• Main Authors: Peschke Michel (Author), Köchel Anja (Author), Koch Peter (Author), Flesch-Janys Dieter (Author), Berger Jürgen (Author), Wagner Norbert L (Author), Ossenbach Trude (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The healthy worker effect may hide adverse health effects in hazardous jobs, especially those where physical fitness is required. Fire fighters may serve as a good example because they sometimes are severely exposed to hazardous subs...