Health consequences of the world trade center disaster: A 10th anniversary perspective

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1133-1134

  Thorpe, Lorna E ^a   Friedman, Stephen ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DISASTER; DUST EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LAW; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 80052724500     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1289     Document Type: Note

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