Hospitalizations for asthma among adults exposed to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attack.
CONCLUSIONS: Among enrollees with pre-9/11 asthma, comorbid PTSD and GERS were associated with an increase in asthma hospitalizations. Management of these comorbidities may be an important factor in preventing hospitalization.
PMID: 28586254 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Asthma - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Asthma Source Type: research
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