Research conducted seven years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City (NYC) found that children attending the socioeconomically and ethnically homogeneous elementary school closest to Ground Zero have high rates of self-reported asthma and airway obstruction.

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By Sabit, Ramsey Shale, Dennis J There is an inverse relationship between FEV^sub 1^ and cardiovascular risk in the general population (1), which is reflected in the link between airway obstruction and cardiovascular events in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (2, 3).

By Morris, Michael J Schwartz, Darin S; Nohrenberg, Jana L; Dooley, Sean N Objectives: Asthma is frequently diagnosed in military personnel despite strict guidelines that disqualify persons with active disease or a recent history of asthma.

A U.S. study suggests tonsillectomies are increasingly being performed to treat airway obstructions as opposed to tonsil infections.