Factors associated with poor control of 9/11-related asthma 10–11 years after the 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attacks
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Factors associated with poor control of 9/11-related asthma 10–11 years after the 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attacks
OBJECTIVE To identify key factors associated with poor asthma control among adults in the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Registry, a longitudinal study of rescue/recovery workers and community members who were directly exposed to the 2001 WTC terrorist attacks and their aftermath. METHODS We studied incident asthma diagnosed by a physician from 12 September 2001 through 31 December 2003 amon...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Asthma
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0277-0903,1532-4303
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.999083