Lifestyle behaviour and prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors - a pilot study comparing Kiribati and European seafarers

• Main Authors: R. von Katzler (Author), B. C. Zyriax (Author), B. Jagemann (Author), J. Westenhoefer (Author), H. J. Jensen (Author), V. Harth (Author), M. Oldenburg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background According to internal observations within a German shipping company, obvious risk-behaviour persists among the crew members coming from the Pacific Island State of Kiribati and representing a large part of the crew aboard merchant vessels of this company. These observations were...