Relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and asthma among New York area residents exposed to the World Trade Center disaster

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-125

  Shiratori, Yukie ^a   Samuelson, Kristin W ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Asthma; PTSD; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84863776901     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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