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Original Articles

Twenty-four-hour pattern of operations-related injury occurrence and severity of off-site/on-call volunteer French firefighters

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Pages 979-992 | Received 25 Jan 2019, Accepted 03 Apr 2019, Published online: 01 May 2019

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