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The Effects of Live-Fire Drills on Visual and Auditory Cognitive Performance among Firefighters

Annals of Global Health
Volume 86 (2020): Issue 1
By: Rasoul Hemmatjo,  Mohammad Hajaghazadeh,  Teimour Allahyari,  Sajad Zare and  Reza Kazemi  
Open Access
|Nov 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2626 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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