Occupational asthma and lower airway disease among world trade center workers and volunteers

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 287-294

  De La Hoz, Rafael E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchiolitis; Inhalation injury; Irritants; Occupational lung disease; Occupational medicine

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG BIOPSY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; TERRORISM; TOXIC INHALATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREND STUDY; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESCUE WORK; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESCUE WORK; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SINUSITIS; SMOKING; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 77956394237     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-010-0120-4     Document Type: Review

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