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- Title
Jeremy Struck a Chord: A Public Health Approach to Professional Musicians.
- Authors
Chertoff, Jason; Urbine, Daniel
- Abstract
An editorial is presented which addresses the authors' views about public health and unexpected deaths and health conditions involving professional musicians such as singers Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington, and it mentions the authors' experiences with a 52-year-old musician named Jeremy who was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer. According to the article, popular music stars in America and Europe have higher mortality rates than nonmusicians.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEALTH of musicians; PUBLIC health; EARLY death; CORNELL, Chris, 1964-2017; LUNG cancer diagnosis; MORTALITY; EUROPEANS; BENNINGTON, Chester, 1976-2017; MEDICAL care; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH; MORTALITY prevention; MORTALITY risk factors; ENTERTAINERS; MENTAL health services; MUSIC; PREVENTIVE health services
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2018, Vol 108, Issue 1, p62
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2017.304169