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MMP-2 and TIMP-1 predict healing of WTC-lung injury in New York City firefighters

RATIONALE: After 9/11/2001, most FDNY workers had persistent lung function decline but some exposed workers recovered. We hypothesized that the protease/anti-protease balance in serum soon after exposure predicts subsequent recovery. METHODS: We performed a nested case–control study measuring biomar...

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Autores principales: Nolan, Anna, Kwon, Sophia, Cho, Soo Jung, Naveed, Bushra, Comfort, Ashley L, Prezant, David J, Rom, William N, Weiden, Michael D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3913317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24447332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-15-5