World Trade Center-Related Asthma: Clinical Care Essentials

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• Personal Author:
  Harrison D ; Reibman J
• Description:
  Asthma is defined as a heterogeneous disease with respiratory symptoms (wheeze, shortness of breath, chest tightness and cough) that vary over time and intensity, and variable expiratory airflow limitation. Environmental and occupational exposures contribute to its causation. WTC-related or aggravated asthma is considered a World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program certifiable disease. Criteria include defined exposures to the WTC dust and fumes, the presence of symptoms, or aggravated symptoms that are present within 5 years after the last potential for WTC dust/fume exposures (the last 9/11 exposures occurred on July 31, 2002), and a WTC-provider diagnosis of asthma. Asthma is the 3rd most common non-cancer certification among WTC responders and survivors. In this review we provide evidence-based information on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with WTC-related or aggravated asthma and include peer-reviewed research findings in WTC-exposed populations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Asthma Asthma, Occupational Dust Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks
• Keywords:
  Adults Air Pollution Author Keywords: World Trade Center Clinical Symptoms Dust Dust Exposure Environment Occupational Lung Disease Particulate Matter Particulates Respiratory Diseases Workers World Trade Center WTC

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• ISSN:
  1933-8244
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• 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:
  206-211
• Volume:
  78
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069378
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Occup Health 2023 Apr; 78(4):206-211
• Contact Point Address:
  Joan Reibman, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
• Email:
  Joan.Reibman@nyulangone.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H): NYC H+H Data Center
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20170401
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health
• End Date:
  20210331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c9be8a94fb6093fda4da7ba367d03f00225116cb2238c35819d02bdfec734b5013328f0272accd7786606b969f8bb3a4aef513de0217786d44c90532684d9f7f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207867/cdc_207867_DS1.pdf
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