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Occupational Hazards among Firefighters in Kuwait 2016

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  • Alahmad Shaikha
  • Ahmad Farah
  • Alhammad Israa
  • Almasoud Waleed
  • Almonayea Lulwa
  • Albahrani Abdulaziz
  • Sarkhouh Mariam
  • Alshaheen Noura
  • Alfoudari Abdulaziz
  • Boolayan Sundus

    (Department of Family & Community Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain)

  • Alnasir Faisal

    (Professor of family Medicine and Former Department Chairman, Bahrain)

  • Alsayyad Adel

    (Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Bahrain)

Abstract

Firefighting is extremely strenuous and physically demanding work and involves ability to cope with emergency life or death situations. The first study ever conducted on Kuwaiti firefighters was focused solely on post-traumatic stress disorder, whereas the existing study is more comprehensive covering several aspects of occupational hazards among Kuwaiti firefighters.

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  • Alahmad Shaikha & Ahmad Farah & Alhammad Israa & Almasoud Waleed & Almonayea Lulwa & Albahrani Abdulaziz & Sarkhouh Mariam & Alshaheen Noura & Alfoudari Abdulaziz & Boolayan Sundus & Alnasir Faisal & , 2017. "Occupational Hazards among Firefighters in Kuwait 2016," Current Trends in Clinical & Medical Imaging, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 1(2), pages 26-31, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jctcmi:v:1:y:2017:i:2:p:26-31
    DOI: 10.19080/CTCMI.2017.01.555558
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    1. Branislav Kolena & Ida Petrovičová & Miroslava Šidlovská & Henrieta Hlisníková & Lenka Bystričanová & Soňa Wimmerová & Tomáš Trnovec, 2020. "Occupational Hazards and Risks Associated with Phthalates among Slovakian Firefighters," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-15, April.

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