Mortality Due to Malignant and Non-Malignant Diseases in Korean Professional Emergency Responders: e0120305

Objective This study was conducted to estimate the cause-specific mortality in male emergency responders (ER), compare with that of Korean men. Mortality was also compared between more experienced firefighters (i.e., firefighters employed greater than or equal to 20 years and firefighters employed g...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-03, Vol.10 (3)
Main Authors: Ahn, Yeon-Soon, Jeong, Kyoung Sook
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Objective This study was conducted to estimate the cause-specific mortality in male emergency responders (ER), compare with that of Korean men. Mortality was also compared between more experienced firefighters (i.e., firefighters employed greater than or equal to 20 years and firefighters employed greater than or equal to 10 to
ISSN:1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0120305