Paresthesias among community members exposed to the World Trade Center disaster

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• Personal Author:
  Berger KI ; Bhatt H ; Caplan-Shaw C ; Goldring RM ; Kazeros A ; Marmor M ; Pradhan D ; Reibman J ; Rosen RL ; Shao Y ; Stecker MM ; Wilkenfeld M
• Description:
  Objective: Paresthesias can result from metabolic disorders, nerve entrapment following repetitive motions, hyperventilation pursuant to anxiety, or exposure to neurotoxins. We analyzed data from community members exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster of September 11, 2001, to evaluate whether exposure to the disaster was associated with paresthesias. Methods: Analysis of data from 3141 patients of the WTC Environmental Health Center. Results: Fifty-six percent of patients reported paresthesias at enrollment 7 to 15 years following the WTC disaster. After controlling for potential confounders, paresthesias were associated with severity of exposure to the WTC dust cloud and working in a job requiring cleaning of WTC dust. Conclusions: This study suggests that paresthesias were commonly associated with WTC-related exposures or post-WTC cleaning work. Further studies should objectively characterize these paresthesias and seek to identify relevant neurotoxins or paresthesia-inducing activities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks
• Keywords:
  Disaster Clean-up Dust-exposure Dust-particles Dusts Environmental Exposure Hazardous-materials Hazardous Waste Cleanup Medical-monitoring Medical-screening Metabolic Disorders Rescue-workers World Trade Center WTC

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract ; 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
• Pages in Document:
  389-396
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049358
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2017 Apr; 59(4):389-396
• Contact Point Address:
  Michael Marmor, PhD, NYU School of Medicine, 650 First Avenue, Room 560, New York, NY 10016-3240
• Email:
  michael.marmor@nyumc.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  New York University School of Medicine
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20160901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20180831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f22b682aaf9b0986648c92fe3d94ff39f117aad1812e7bfc2959b652c8ac3d8e4562995c013a0e30587eb2ce47c702bf07890bf50fa40a87fb4300685fe14d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203824/cdc_203824_DS1.pdf
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