Volunteer and Career French Firefighters With High Cardiovascular Risk: Epidemiology and Exercise Tests

Angélique Savall1, Rodolphe Charles, Jeremy Binazet

  • 1Department of Education and Research in General Practice, Saint-Etienne Jean Monnet University, Saint Priest en Jarez, France (Drs Savall, Charles); SDIS 42, Fire and Rescue Department of Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne cedex, France (Drs Charles, Frey); Public Health, University Hospital, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez cedex, France (Dr Trombert); Department of Occupational Health, University Hospital, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez cedex, France (Drs Fontana, Pelissier); University Lyon 1, University of St Etienne, IFSTTAR, UMRESTTE, UMR-T9405, Saint Etienne, France (Drs Fontana, Pelissier); and Clinical and Exercise Physiology, EA 4607 SNA EPIS, University Hospital and Jean Monnet University, PRES Lyon, Saint-Etienne, France (Drs Savall, Trombert, Barthélémy).

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