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Coronary artery disease risk factors among fire-fighters in the Western Cape Province

Magister Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science - MSRES / The work demands involved in fire-fighting place significant stress on the
cardiovascular system. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of on-duty death among
fire fighters and is a major cause of morbidity. This study investigated the prevalence of
coronary artery disease risk factors among career fire fighters in the Western Cape.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/6294
Date January 2017
CreatorsAchmat, Ghaleelullah
ContributorsLeach, Lloyd
PublisherUniversity of the Western Cape
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
RightsUniversity of the Western Cape

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