Respiratory health of 985 children exposed to the world trade center disaster: Report on world trade center health registry wave 2 follow-up, 2007-2008

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 354-363

  Stellman, Steven D ^a,b   Thomas, Pauline A ^c   Osahan, Sukhminder S ^a   Brackbill, Robert M ^a   Farfel, Mark R ^a  

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

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Behavior; Children; Disaster; Respiratory symptoms; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DISASTER; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84876214815     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2013.776073     Document Type: Review

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