Demographic and occupational determinants of the work ability of firemen

Firefighters tackle various stressors that affect their health and job performance; therefore, assessment of their work ability is necessary. This study aimed to investigate the demographic and occupational determinants of the work ability of firemen.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Journal of Occupational Health

• Publication date

  2016-12-02

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1539/joh.15-0296-FSPMID 27916763PMCID 5388617
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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