Persistent Hyperreactivity and Reactive Airway Dysfunction in Firefighters at the World Trade Center - Banauch, Gisela I; Alleyne, Dawn; Sanchez, Raoul; Olender, Kattia; Cohen, Hillel W; Weiden, Michael; Kelly, Kerry J; Prezant, David J (American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2003)
Keywords: Adult; Air Pollutants - adverse effects; Air Pollutants - analysis; Airborne particulates; Airway management; Asthma; Asthma - diagnosis; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma - etiology; Biological and medical sciences; Bronchial Hyperreactivity - diagnosis; Bronchial Hyperreactivity - epidemiology; Bronchial Hyperreactivity - etiology; Bronchial Provocation Tests; Case-Control Studies; Cohort analysis; Cough - diagnosis; Cough - epidemiology; Cough - etiology; Emergency services; Enrollments; Explosions; Female; Firefighters; Fires; Forced Expiratory Volume; Humans; Inhalation Exposure - adverse effects; Inhalation Exposure - analysis; Longitudinal studies; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; New York City - epidemiology; Occupational Diseases - diagnosis; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Diseases - etiology; Occupational Exposure - adverse effects; Occupational Exposure - analysis; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Questionnaires; Spirometry; Surveys and Questionnaires; Terrorism; Time Factors; Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents; Vital Capacity; Workers; New York; United States; North America; America; New York City; United States--US; New York City New York; Human; Spirometry; Prognosis; Hyperreactivity; Bronchus; Clinical form; Occupational exposure; Trauma; World Trade Center collapse; firefighters; Dust; Lung function; nonspecific bronchial hyperreactivity; Follow up study; Firefighter; inorganic particulate matter; reactive airways dysfunction syndrome; Fumes