Asthma and posttraumatic stress symptoms 5 to 6 years following exposure to the world trade center terrorist attack

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 502-516

  Brackbill, Robert M ^a   Hadler, James L ^b   DiGrande, Laura ^b   Ekenga, Christine C ^b   Farfel, Mark R ^b   Friedman, Stephen ^b   Perlman, Sharon E ^b   Stellman, Steven D ^b,c   Walker, Deborah J ^b   Wu, David ^b   Yu, Shengchao ^b   Thorpe, Lorna E ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OFFICE WORKER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; TERRORISM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; DUST; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349117223     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1121     Document Type: Article

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