Health consequences of the World Trade Center disaster: a 10th anniversary perspective

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• Personal Author:
  Friedman S ; Thorpe LE
• Description:
  Ten years have passed since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) towers and Pentagon building on September 11, 2001. The attacks-designed to cause rapid, widespread harm-killed thousands of people and acutely exposed hundreds of thousands to horrific events and potentially harmful environmental conditions. In the aftermath, large efforts were mounted to understand and treat the health effects experienced by survivors and responders, but knowledge was limited regarding ramifications of such an acute environmental disaster. Logistic and methodological challenges complicated efforts to establish and sustain clinical services and disentangle WTC attack-attributable conditions from background patterns. Yet despite setbacks, a consistent body of knowledge has emerged that guides current provision of services and informs future disaster preparedness, and a portfolio of dedicated clinical services now receives stable federal funding. On this 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we briefly review what is known regarding the health effects of the attacks, outline important questions that remain unanswered, describe current provisions for care for those affected, and discuss lessons learned for future disasters. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Dust Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Firefighters Lung Lung Diseases Men Mental Health Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Women

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• Keywords:
  Bronchial-asthma Dust-exposure Dusts Environmental-exposure Exposure-levels Fire-fighters Hazards Humans Injuries Lung-disorders Lung-function Mental-health Mental-stress Morbidity-rates Mortality-rates Psychological-effects Psychological-reactions Psychological-stress Psychology Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Rescue-workers Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  0098-7484
• 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:
  306
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046626
• Citation:
  JAMA 2011 Sep; 306(10):1133-1134
• Contact Point Address:
  Lorna Thorpe, PhD, CUNY School of Public Health, 2180 3rd Ave, Room 537, New York, NY 10035
• Email:
  thor@hunter.cuny.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  New York City Health/Mental Hygiene
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20030430
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Association
• End Date:
  20090429
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:017863654c524f0e9f0602f05e649f9ec5a23c5f2f20f212f19fb59961bbe4ea4dfda06793f855e1abfca9c6ca96726e2de5c04585684025e5c01d92dcc43db0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201627/cdc_201627_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 48.87 KB ]