Biomarkers of patient intrinsic risk for upper and lower airway injury after exposure to the World Trade Center atrocity

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• 作者：Rachel Zeig-Owens ; Anna Nolan ; Barbara Putman ; Ankura Singh ; David J. Prezant and Michael D. Weiden
• 刊名：American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：59
• 期：9
• 页码：788-794
• 全文大小：153K
• ISSN：1097-0274

文摘

High rates of upper and lower airways disease have occurred in Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) workers exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster site. Most experienced acute declines in pulmonary function, and some continued to experience decline over 14 years of follow-up. Similarly, some with rhinosinusitis had symptoms requiring sinus surgery.