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Risk of cardiovascular diseases in seafarers. / Oldenburg, Marcus.

In: INT MARIT HEALTH, Vol. 65, No. 2, 2014, p. 53-57.

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Oldenburg, M 2014, 'Risk of cardiovascular diseases in seafarers.', INT MARIT HEALTH, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 53-57. https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2014.0012.

APA

Oldenburg, M. (2014). Risk of cardiovascular diseases in seafarers. INT MARIT HEALTH, 65(2), 53-57. https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2014.0012.

Vancouver

Oldenburg M. Risk of cardiovascular diseases in seafarers. INT MARIT HEALTH. 2014;65(2):53-57. https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2014.0012.

Bibtex

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title = "Risk of cardiovascular diseases in seafarers.",
abstract = "Seafarers experience a lot of job-related risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Considering the healthy-worker effect due to the biennial pre-employment examination and the periodical medical fitness tests, a (slightly) elevated risk for CVD among seafarers is assumed compared to the reference population ashore. In seafaring, the most important, influenceable risk factors for CVD refer to the ship-specific stress situation, the malnutrition and the lack of exercises on board. Furthermore, the prognosis of acute severe CVD often depends on the measures taken in the first few hours after occurrence of the symptoms. Owing to the lack of health professionals on board and the limited treatment options of events at sea, effective cardio-pulmonary resuscitation is often delayed and the outcome of cardiac events is worse compared to that ashore.",
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language = "English",
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RIS

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N2 - Seafarers experience a lot of job-related risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Considering the healthy-worker effect due to the biennial pre-employment examination and the periodical medical fitness tests, a (slightly) elevated risk for CVD among seafarers is assumed compared to the reference population ashore. In seafaring, the most important, influenceable risk factors for CVD refer to the ship-specific stress situation, the malnutrition and the lack of exercises on board. Furthermore, the prognosis of acute severe CVD often depends on the measures taken in the first few hours after occurrence of the symptoms. Owing to the lack of health professionals on board and the limited treatment options of events at sea, effective cardio-pulmonary resuscitation is often delayed and the outcome of cardiac events is worse compared to that ashore.

AB - Seafarers experience a lot of job-related risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Considering the healthy-worker effect due to the biennial pre-employment examination and the periodical medical fitness tests, a (slightly) elevated risk for CVD among seafarers is assumed compared to the reference population ashore. In seafaring, the most important, influenceable risk factors for CVD refer to the ship-specific stress situation, the malnutrition and the lack of exercises on board. Furthermore, the prognosis of acute severe CVD often depends on the measures taken in the first few hours after occurrence of the symptoms. Owing to the lack of health professionals on board and the limited treatment options of events at sea, effective cardio-pulmonary resuscitation is often delayed and the outcome of cardiac events is worse compared to that ashore.

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