Law enforcement duties and sudden cardiac death among police officers in United States: case distribution study
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Law enforcement duties and sudden cardiac death among police officers in United States: case distribution study
OBJECTIVE To assess the association between risk of sudden cardiac death and stressful law enforcement duties compared with routine/non-emergency duties. DESIGN Case distribution study (case series with survey information on referent exposures). SETTING United States law enforcement. PARTICIPANTS Summaries of deaths of over 4500 US police officers provided by the National Law Enforcement ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6534