Gastroesophageal reflux symptoms and comorbid asthma and posttraumatic stress disorder following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on world trade center in New York City

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1933-1941

  Li, Jiehui ^a   Brackbill, Robert M ^a   Stellman, Steven D ^a,b   Farfel, Mark R ^a   Miller Archie, Sara A ^a   Friedman, Stephen ^a   Walker, Deborah J ^a   Thorpe, Lorna E ^c   Cone, James ^a  

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

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; DUST; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655127688     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.300     Document Type: Article

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