Post-September 11, 2001, Incidence of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases in World Trade Center-Exposed Firefighters and Emergency Medical Service Workers

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 23-32

  Webber, Mayris P ^a,b   Moir, William ^a,b   Crowson, Cynthia S ^c   Cohen, Hillel W ^a   Zeig Owens, Rachel ^a,b   Hall, Charles B ^a   Berman, Jessica ^d   Qayyum, Basit ^e   Jaber, Nadia ^b   Matteson, Eric L ^c   Liu, Yang ^a,b   Kelly, Kerry ^b   Prezant, David J ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NEW YORK; RESCUE WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESCUE WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84952837843     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.09.019     Document Type: Article

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