Reactive fallout of World Trade Center dust

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-3

  Nemery, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COUGHING; DUST EXPOSURE; EDITORIAL; FIRE FIGHTER; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE AIRWAYS DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; AIR POLLUTION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BUILDING MATERIAL; DISASTER; DUST; EXPLOSION; EXPOSURE; NOTE; TERRORISM; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; COUGH; DUST; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESCUE WORK; TERRORISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042304213     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2304005     Document Type: Editorial

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