World Trade Center cough - A lingering legacy and a cautionary tale

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 840-842

  Scanlon, Paul D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COUGHING; DISABILITY; DISASTER; EDITORIAL; FIRE FIGHTER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERRORISM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; COUGH; DISABLED PERSONS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESCUE WORK; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TERRORISM;

EID: 0037068638     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe020100     Document Type: Editorial

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