Long-term respiratory symptoms in World Trade Center responders

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-151

  Mauer, Matthew P ^a   Cummings, Karen R ^a   Hoen, Rebecca ^a  

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

Author keywords

11 September 2001; Asthma; Chronic bronchitis; Occupational health; Respiratory; Signs and symptoms; World Trade Center disaster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESCUE WORK; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESCUE WORK; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950105059     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp176     Document Type: Article

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