Short-term and medium-term health effects of 9/11

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• Personal Author:
  Eros-Sarnyai M ; Friedman S ; Galea S ; Greene CM ; Hon J ; Nair HP ; Perlman SE ; Stellman SD
• Description:
  The New York City terrorist attacks on Sept 11, 2001 (9/11), killed nearly 2800 people and thousands more had subsequent health problems. In this Review of health effects in the short and medium terms, strong evidence is provided for associations between experiencing or witnessing events related to 9/11 and post-traumatic stress disorder and respiratory illness, with a correlation between prolonged, intense exposure and increased overall illness and disability. Rescue and recovery workers, especially those who arrived early at the World Trade Center site or worked for longer periods, were more likely to develop respiratory illness than were other exposed groups. Risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder included proximity to the site on 9/11, living or working in lower Manhattan, rescue or recovery work at the World Trade Center site, event-related loss of spouse, and low social support. Investigators note associations between 9/11 exposures and additional disorders, such as depression and substance use; however, for some health problems association with exposures related to 9/11 is unclear. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Promotion Irritants Lung Mental Health Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Exposure-assessment Exposure-methods Health-hazards Health-programs Health-services Health-surveys Lung-irritants Medical-monitoring Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Physiological-effects Physiological-response Psychological-effects Psychological-reactions Pulmonary-system Rescue-workers Respiratory-irritants Risk-analysis Risk-factors Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0140-6736
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  378
• Issue:
  9794
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039575
• Citation:
  Lancet 2011 Sep; 378(9794):925-934
• Contact Point Address:
  Sharon E Perlman MsMPH, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY 11101, USA
• Email:
  sperlma1@health.nyc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  New York City Health/Mental Hygiene
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090430
• Source Full Name:
  The Lancet
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:66790dfc15cb03c69587c17c04d6ddaf0740710d7f4012ad3cddf96db9c50e629b194d7be9ca59f262817665d75ed975e1ff2b76ee7c6c6ca82de4cf8187f38e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192766/cdc_192766_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 258.57 KB ]