Pulmonary function in a cohort of New York City Police Department Emergency Responders since the 2001 World Trade Center disaster

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 618-626

  Kleinman, Eli J ^a   Cucco, Robert A ^a   Martinez, Charles ^a   Romanelli, John ^a   Berkowitz, Israel ^a   Lanes, Norman ^a   Lichtenstein, David ^a   Frazer, Somjen ^a   Moran, William ^a  

^a Government of New york   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MASK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 79959357036     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31821f2c83     Document Type: Article

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