Respiratory protective equipment, mask use, and respiratory outcomes among World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers
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Respiratory protective equipment, mask use, and respiratory outcomes among World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers.
BACKGROUND Serious respiratory illnesses have been reported among rescue/recovery workers (RRW) following the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks. METHODS We studied RRW enrolled in the WTC Health Registry to assess the effects of different respiratory protection equipment (RPE) types on respiratory outcomes, such as recurrent respiratory symptoms and diseases possibly associated with 9/11 expos...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0271-3586
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.21009