Exposure, probable PTSD and lower respiratory illness among World Trade Center rescue, recovery and clean-up workers

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1069-1079

  Luft, B J ^a   Schechter, C ^b   Kotov, R ^a   Broihier, J ^a   Reissman, D ^c   Guerrera, K ^a   Udasin, I ^d   Moline, J ^e   Harrison, D ^f   Friedman Jimenez, G ^f   Pietrzak, R H ^g,h   Southwick, S M ^g,h   Bromet, E J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; disaster responders; exposure; mediate; post traumatic stress disorder; respiratory conditions; risk factors; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE WORK; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; RESCUE WORK; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84859246599     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329171100256X     Document Type: Article

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