Occupational asthma (OA) represents one of the major public health problems due to its
high prevalence, important social and economic burden. The aim of this review is to …

The terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 placed nearly a half million people at increased
risk of adverse health. Health effects research began shortly after and continues today, now …

Work-related asthma is highly prevalent and represents a significant societal and financial
burden worldwide. This State of the Art series article explores the epidemiology, clinical …

Importance Published studies examining the association between World Trade Center
(WTC) exposure on and after September 11, 2001, and longer-term cardiovascular disease …

After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (9/11), many rescue/recovery workers
developed respiratory symptoms and pulmonary diseases due to their extensive World …

Background After the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks on September 11, 2001, the Fire
Department of the City of New York (FDNY) instituted a WTC medical monitoring and …

This report is based on the proceedings from the Inhalational Lung Injury Workshop jointly
sponsored by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the National Institutes of Health …

Background Work is a substantial contributing factor of adult-onset asthma. A subtype of
occupational asthma (OA) is caused by irritant agents, but knowledge of the clinical …

Background Despite the known occupational hazards, it is not yet clear whether long-term
career firefighting leads to a greater rate of decline in lung function than would normally be …

Objective Firefighters are exposed to numerous respiratory hazards, but large studies on the
risk of pulmonary disease are scarce. The objective of this study was to examine incidence …