Characteristics of a residential and working community with diverse exposure to World Trade Center dust, gas, and fumes

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• Personal Author:
  Berger KI ; Caplan-Shaw CE ; Cheng Q ; Fernandez-Beros ME ; Filner J ; Goldring RM ; Gonzalez J ; Kyng K ; Lau S ; Liautaud S ; Liu M ; Marmor M ; Reibman J ; Rogers L ; Rom, William N. ; Tonorezos ES ; Walter D
• Description:
  Objective: To describe physical symptoms in those local residents, local workers, and cleanup workers who were enrolled in a treatment program and had reported symptoms and exposure to the dust, gas, and fumes released with the destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001. Methods: Symptomatic individuals underwent standardized evaluation and subsequent treatment. Results: One thousand eight hundred ninetyeight individuals participated in the WTC Environmental Health Center between September 2005 and May 2008. Upper and lower respiratory symptoms that began after September 11, 2001 and persisted at the time of examination were common in each exposure population. Many (31%) had spirometry measurements below the lower limit of normal. Conclusions: Residents and local workers as well as those with work-associated exposure to WTC dust have new and persistent respiratory symptoms with lung function abnormalities 5 or more years after the WTC destruction. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Lung Lung Diseases Men Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Women

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• Keywords:
  Dust-exposure Dust-particles Dusts Exposure-levels Fumes Gases Humans Lung-disorders Lung-function Physiological-effects Physiology Respiratory-system-disorders Spirometry

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; New York ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046139
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2009 May; 51(5):534-541
• Contact Point Address:
  Joan Reibman, MD, Room NB 7 North 24, Bellevue Hospital Center, 426 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
• Email:
  joan.reibman@nyumc.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080928
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20110928
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201274/cdc_201274_DS1.pdf
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