Chronic and acute exposures to the world trade center disaster and lower respiratory symptoms: Area residents and workers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1186-1194

  Maslow, Carey B ^a   Friedman, Stephen M ^a   Pillai, Parul S ^a   Reibman, Joan ^b   Berger, Kenneth I ^b   Goldring, Roberta ^b   Stellman, Steven D ^a,c   Farfel, Mark ^a  

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUST; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SMOKE; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862531404     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300561     Document Type: Review

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