Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Community Members Exposed to World Trade Center Dust and Fumes | Zendy

Shilpi Ahuja | Zendy; Zhaoyin Zhu | Zendy; Yongzhao Shao | Zendy; Kenneth I. Berger | Zendy; Joan Reibman | Zendy; Omer Ahmed | Zendy

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Community Members Exposed to World Trade Center Dust and Fumes

Author(s) -

Shilpi Ahuja,

Zhaoyin Zhu,

Yongzhao Shao,

Kenneth I. Berger,

Joan Reibman,

Omer Ahmed

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.7094

Subject(s) - world trade center , obstructive sleep apnea , medicine , sleep (system call) , sleep apnea , center (category theory) , environmental health , emergency medicine , geography , terrorism , archaeology , chemistry , computer science , crystallography , operating system

A relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and exposure to the World Trade Center (WTC) dust and fumes has been suggested in responders but little is known about a possible relationship in community members. We characterized sleep studies performed in community members with WTC dust exposure to improve our understanding of the relationship between the diagnosis and severity of OSA and WTC dust exposure in this population.

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