Firefighting and the Heart: Implications for Prevention

Affiliations

¹ From Environmental & Occupational Medicine & Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (S.N.K.); Occupational Medicine, The Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA (S.N.K.); Health and Exercise Sciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (D.L.S.); and University of Illinois Fire Service Institute, Champaign (D.L.S.). skales@hsph.harvard.edu.
² From Environmental & Occupational Medicine & Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (S.N.K.); Occupational Medicine, The Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA (S.N.K.); Health and Exercise Sciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (D.L.S.); and University of Illinois Fire Service Institute, Champaign (D.L.S.).

Editorial

Stefanos N Kales et al. Circulation. 2017.

. 2017 Apr 4;135(14):1296-1299.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.027018.

¹ From Environmental & Occupational Medicine & Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (S.N.K.); Occupational Medicine, The Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA (S.N.K.); Health and Exercise Sciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (D.L.S.); and University of Illinois Fire Service Institute, Champaign (D.L.S.). skales@hsph.harvard.edu.
² From Environmental & Occupational Medicine & Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (S.N.K.); Occupational Medicine, The Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA (S.N.K.); Health and Exercise Sciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (D.L.S.); and University of Illinois Fire Service Institute, Champaign (D.L.S.).

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Keywords: Editorials; cardiomegaly; cardiovascular disease; firefighting; sudden cardiac death.

Comment on

Fire Simulation and Cardiovascular Health in Firefighters.
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