WTC-HEART: A Cohort Study of Heart Diseases in World Trade Center Responders

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• Personal Author:
  Morabia A ; Morabia A
• Description:
  World Trade Center (WTC)-Heart, a cohort study specifically designed to assess the association between early response to the WTC September 11 attack and cardiovascular outcomes. WTC-Heart comprises blue-collar workers who were involved in the cleaning of the debris of the WTC complex during the months immediately following the attack. Previous reports from a different WTC cohort have related both air pollution and psychological stress to heart diseases among people who worked at or were living in the vicinity of Ground Zero in 2001-2002. These findings amounted however to limited evidence since established CVD risk factors (e.g., lipids, blood pressure, weight and height) were self-reported and CVD events were either self-reported or based on discharge diagnoses. In contrast, in WTC-Heart, CVD risk factors were measured in a standardized fashion and incident cases of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke were assessed using an active follow-up including personal interviews and validation of events in medical charts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Cohort Studies Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks Sex Characteristics

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• Keywords:
  Airborne Particles Air Pollution Cardiac Function Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular System Disorders Clean-up Hazards Cohort Studies Disaster Clean-up Gender Factors Heart Attacks Psychological Stress Risk Factors Sex Factors World Trade Center WTC

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports   ; Grant Final Reports  
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report ; Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs ; OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052784
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2018-101661
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U01-OH-010722, 2017 Sep; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Queens College, Flushing, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20140701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20170630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:46840f338b8c6a136d4fb74ea42f7d9b598e8d721822d8ed152fbd6551d8bce05603eb09a982bc6321a1670ed26b8136a11cf9e07ace05b073de876b06e516d8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218721/cdc_218721_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 249.40 KB ]