Asthma Diagnosed after 11 September 2001 among Rescue and Recovery Workers: Findings from the World Trade Center Health Registry
Author(s) -
Katherine Wheeler-Martin,
Wendy McKelvey,
Lorna E. Thorpe,
Megan Perrin,
James E. Cone,
Daniel Kass,
Mark R. Farfel,
Pauline Thomas,
Robert M. Brackbill
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.10248
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , confidence interval , odds ratio , world trade center , occupational safety and health , population , environmental health , demography , emergency medicine , pediatrics , archaeology , pathology , sociology , terrorism , history
Studies have consistently documented declines in respiratory health after 11 September 2001 (9/11) among surviving first responders and other World Trade Center (WTC) rescue, recovery, and clean-up workers.
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