Respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations after the world trade center disaster

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-20

  Lin, Shao ^a   Gomez, Marta I ^a   Gensburg, Lenore ^b   Liu, Wei ^c   Hwang, Syni An ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cardiovascular diseases; Environmental disasters; Respiratory diseases; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESTRUCTION; DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049122332     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338240903390230     Document Type: Article

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