Chronic physical health consequences of being injured during the terrorist attacks on world trade center on September 11, 2001

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1076-1085

  Brackbill, Robert M ^a   Cone, James E ^a   Farfel, Mark R ^a   Stellman, Steven D ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11 World Trade Center attacks; chronic conditions; disasters; injury; posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; MORTALITY RISK; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TERRORISM; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TERRORISM; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

9/11 WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACKS; CHRONIC CONDITIONS; DISASTERS; INJURY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; REGISTRIES; RESCUE WORK; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899509899     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu022     Document Type: Article

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