What were the diseases of 9 11?

[4] The aerodigestive injuries led to enduring diagnoses of asthma, chronic cough syndrome (WTC cough), chronic laryngitis, chronic nasopharyngitis, reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS), RUDS, GERD, and sometimes to fibrosis, granulomas, or other nodules within the lung parenchyma[1,2,5,6]; however, ...



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