Cardiovascular biomarkers predict susceptibility to lung injury in World Trade Center dust-exposed firefighters

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1023-1030

  Weiden, Michael D ^a,b   Naveed, Bushra ^a   Kwon, Sophia ^a   Cho, Soo Jung ^a   Comfort, Ashley L ^a   Prezant, David J ^b,c   Rom, William N ^a   Nolan, Anna ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Government of New york   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Cytokines; Pulmonary function testing

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A2; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 4; MYELOPEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUST EXPOSURE; FIRE FIGHTER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR;

AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; CYTOKINES; PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOKINES, CC; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DUST; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS;

EID: 84877099418     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00077012     Document Type: Article

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