Posttraumatic stress disorder and other psychological sequelae among World Trade Center clean up and recovery workers

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1071, Issue , 2006, Pages 495-499

  Gross, Raz ^a,b   Neria, Yuval ^a,b   Tao, Xuguang ^c,d   Massa, Jennifer ^e   Ashwell, Leslie ^d   Davis, Kathleen ^d   Geyh, Alison ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

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

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

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean up and recovery; Cough; Depression; Disaster workers; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Respiratory problems; September 11; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; WORKER;

EID: 33746464405     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1364.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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