Cancer incidence in World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers, 2001-2008

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 699-704

  Solan, Samara ^a   Wallenstein, Sylvan ^a   Shapiro, Moshe ^a   Teitelbaum, Susan L ^a   Stevenson, Lori ^a   Kochman, Anne ^a   Kaplan, Julia ^a   Dellenbaugh, Cornelia ^a   Kahn, Amy ^b   Noah Biro, F ^a   Crane, Michael ^a   Crowley, Laura ^a   Gabrilove, Janice ^a   Gonsalves, Lou ^c   Harrison, Denise ^d   Herbert, Robin ^a   Luft, Benjamin ^e   Markowitz, Steven B ^f   Moline, Jacqueline ^g   Niu, Xiaoling ^h   Sacks, Henry ^a   Shukla, Gauri ^a   Udasin, Iris ⁱ   Lucchini, Roberto G ^a,j   Boffetta, Paolo ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^a   more..

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c State of Connecticut Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

^h NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

ⁱ RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer incidence; Cancer registry; Epidemiology; September 11th; World trade center; WTC health program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; THYROID CANCER; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878469474     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205894     Document Type: Article

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