Birth Outcomes Soon After 9/11

Details

• Personal Author:
  Wolff MS
• Description:
  The article in this issue by Maslow et al. is a substantial addition to literature concerning stress and adverse birth outcomes. It is also a welcome addition to literature on the September 11, 2001 (9/11) World Trade Center (WTC) disaster exposures and perinatal health in New York City. Among its advantages is a large sample size that included women with high WTC-related environmental exposures, defined by proximity at the site and by a biologically appropriate window of exposure. The study observed that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and direct environmental exposure at the site each were associated with both low birth weight (LBW) and preterm birth (PTB) but not small-for-gestational age infants among births within two years after 9/11. The authors show additional findings for an index of exposure combining any of the four stress-exposure metrics. However, the effects of two or more combined exposures were identical to those of single estimates for either PTSD or having done rescue and recovery work at the site; each showed about a twofold risk of LBW or PTB. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Pregnancy Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks Women
• Keywords:
  Biological Factors Children Disaster Sites Environmental Exposure Exposure Levels Humans Particulates Post-traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Rescue Workers Risk Factors Stress World Trade Center WTC

  More +
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• 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
• Volume:
  106
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050864
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2016 Oct; 106(10):1724
• Contact Point Address:
  Mary S. Wolff, 10 E 102 St Box 1057, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
• Email:
  mary.wolff@mssm.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20110701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  20170331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9a9a7d7e74a396e0de1ac648bb247e7fac8cd105321e478e024dece94e9e33b046f947cc6dbb04c5ab4a2cb9f5575ad7d6c95c524ce77f13f1b4f9035057e9da
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211061/cdc_211061_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 473.95 KB ]