Symptoms, respirator use, and pulmonary function changes among New York City firelighters responding to the World Trade Center disaster

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Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1256-1264

  Feldman, Debra M ^a   Baron, Sherry L ^a   Bernard, Bruce P ^a   Lushniak, Boris D ^a   Banauch, Gisela ^c   Arcentales, Nicole ^b   Kelly, Kerry J ^b   Prezant, David J ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Government of New york   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Firefighters; Occupational exposure; Pulmonary function; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; EYE DISEASE; FIRE FIGHTER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCREENING; SKIN DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROAT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR;

EID: 16544390832     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.4.1256     Document Type: Article

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