Medical and behavioral surveillance of dogs deployed to the World Trade Center and the Pentagon from October 2001 to June 2002

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 861-867

  Otto, Cynthia M ^a   Downend, Amanda B ^a   Serpell, James A ^a   Ziemer, Lisa S ^a   Saunders, H Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; GLOBULIN; TOXIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; TEMPERAMENT; TERRORISM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BILIRUBIN; COHORT STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DOGS; FEMALE; GLOBULINS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESCUE WORK; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TERRORISM; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 4544283888     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.861     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. US Department of State. Office of International Information Programs. September 11 one year later. A selected chronology of key events, September 11, 2001-present. Available at: usinfo.state.gov/ journals/itgic/0902/ijge/gjchron. htm. Accessed Jan 6, 2003.
2. CDC. Injuries and illnesses among New York City Fire Department rescue workers after responding to the World Trade Center attacks. MMWR CDC Surveill Summ 2002;51:1-5.
3. Remembering Sirius: a K-9 memorial service. Available at: our.homewithgod.com/mkcathy/sirius2.html. Accessed May 2, 2002.
4. Environmental Protection Agency. National Center for Environmental Assessment page. Exposure and human health evaluation of airborne pollution from the World Trade Center disaster (external review draft). Available at: cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=54667. Accessed Jan 6, 2003.
5. City of New York. Fresh Kills: landfill to landscape. About Fresh Kills. Available at: www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/fkl/ada/about/ 1_0.html. Accessed Jan 6, 2003.
6. Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA news page. World Trade Center and Pentagon disaster update. Available at: www.fema.gov/nwz01/nwz01_134.shtm. Accessed Apr 22, 2003.
7. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA response to September 11 page. Environmental Protection Agency Region III. October 9, 2001: summary of environmental monitoring operations at the Pentagon. Available at: www.epa.gov/wtc/pentagon-air-sampling.htm. Accessed Jan 6, 2003.
8. Duhaime RA, Norden D, Corso B, et al. Injuries and illnesses in working dogs used during the disaster response after the bombing in Oklahoma City. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1998;212: 1202-1207.
9. Prezant DJ, Weiden M, Banauch GI, et al. Cough and bronchial responsiveness in firefighters at the World Trade Center site. N Engl J Med 2002;347:806-815.
10. Haves HM, Tarone RE, Casey HW, et al. Excess of seminomas observed in Vietnam service U.S. military working dogs. J Natl Cancer Inst 1990;82:1042-1046.
11. Hsu Y, Serpell JA. Development and validation of a questionnaire for measuring behavior and temperament traits in pet dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2003;223:1293-1300.
12. SAS/STAT user's guide: version 8 edition. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc, 1999;3884.
13. Schultze EA. Interpretation of canine leukocyte responses. In: Feldman BF, Zinkl JG, Jain NC, eds. Schalm's veterinary hematology. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000; 366-381.
14. Theilen GH, Madewell BR. Tumors of the respiratory tract and thorax. In: Theilen GH, Madewell BR, eds. Veterinary cancer medicine. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1979;341-346.
15. Suter PF, Lord PF. Thoracic radiography: a text atlas of thoracic diseases of the dog and cat. Wettswil, Switzerland: 1984; 658-664.
16. Selikoff IJ, Hammond EC, Seidman H. Latency of asbestos disease among insulation workers in the United States and Canada. Cancer 1980;46:2736-2740.
17. Glickman LT, Domanski LM, Maguire TG, et al. Mesothelioma in pet dogs associated with exposure of their owners to asbestos. Environ Res 1983;32:305-313.
18. National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Disaster rescue and response workers: a National Center for PTSD fact sheet. Available at: www.ncptsd.org/facts/disasters/fs_rescue_workers.html. Accessed Mar 13, 2003.
19. Tomb DA. The phenomenology of post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychiatr Clin North Am 1994;17:237-250.
20. National Institute of Mental Health. When does PTSD first occur? Facts about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Available at: www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/ ptsdfacts.cfm. Accessed Mar 13, 2003.
21. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Urban Search and Rescue page. Canine readiness evaluation process. Available at: www.fema.gov/usr/canine.shtm. Accessed Feb 26, 2003.