Rethinking first response: Effects of the clean up and recovery effort on workers at the World Trade Center disaster site

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 386-391

  Johnson, Sara B ^a   Langlieb, Alan M ^b   Teret, Stephen P ^a   Gross, Raz ^c,d   Schwab, Margo ^a   Massa, Jennifer ^e   Ashwell, Leslie ^a   Geyh, Alison S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARPENTER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DISASTER; DRIVER; EXPERIENCE; GAS MASK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; WORKER;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WORKPLACE;

EID: 17144407946     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000158722.57980.4a     Document Type: Review

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