Body Mass Index As a Predictor of Firefighter Injury and Workers' Compensation Claims

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

• Publication date

  2012-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318249202dPMID 22569476PMCID PMC3349447
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