World Trade Center Response

Residents and Commercial & Public Building Occupants Articles by Year/Author

The following is a list of the reports published about residents and commercial & public building occupants. Links to the abstracts are provided when available; however, viewing the full text of some reports may require a subscription to the publishing journal.

2008

Anxiety-related Visits to New Jersey Emergency Departments After September 11, 2001.
Adinaro DJ, Allegra JR, Cochrane DG, Cable G [2008]. Anxiety-related Visits to New Jersey Emergency Departments After September 11, 2001. J Emerg Med. 2008 Apr; 34(3): 311-314
External Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17976824?ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.
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Impact of conjoined exposure to the world trade center attacks and to other traumatic events on the behavioral problems of preschool children.
Chemtob CM, Nomura Y, Abramovitz RA [2008]. Impact of conjoined exposure to the world trade center attacks and to other traumatic events on the behavioral problems of preschool children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 February; 162(2): 126-133
External Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18250236?ordinalpos=6&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_
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Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, PTSD, and Risk Factors Among Lower Manhattan Residents 2-3 Years After the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks
Digrande L, Perrin MA, Thorpe LE, Thalji L, Murphy J, Wu D, Farfel M, Brackbill RM [2008]. Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, PTSD, and Risk Factors Among Lower Manhattan Residents 2-3 Years After the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks. J Trauma Stress. 2008 June; 21(3): 264-273
External Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18553414?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_
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Development of an exposure assessment method for epidemiological studies of New York State personnel who responded to the World Trade Center disaster.
Herdt-Losavio ML, Mauer MP, Carlson GA [2008]. Development of an exposure assessment method for epidemiological studies of New York State personnel who responded to the World Trade Center disaster. Annals of Occupational Hygiene. 2008 Feb 13; Epub ahead of print
External Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18272906?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_
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Letter to the Editor: Witnessing horror at the World Trade Center.
Kelly K [2008]. Letter to the Editor: Witnessing horror at the World Trade Center. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2008 Feb; 165: 261-b-262
External Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18245191?ordinalpos=5&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_
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Disaster Response and Grassroots Environmental Advocacy: The Example of the World Trade Center Community Labor Coalition.
Newman DM. [2008]. Disaster Response and Grassroots Environmental Advocacy: The Example of the World Trade Center Community Labor Coalition. New Solutions. 2008; 18(1): 23-56
External Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18375370?ordinalpos=12&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_
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Organizational Factors and Office Workers' Health After the World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks: Long-Term Physical Symptoms, Psychological Distress, and Work Productivity.
Osinubi OYO, Gandhi SK, Ohman-Strickland P, Boglarsky C, Fiedler N, Kipen H, Robson M [2008]. Organizational Factors and Office Workers' Health After the World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks: Long-Term Physical Symptoms, Psychological Distress, and Work Productivity. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 2008; 50: 112-125
External Link: http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200802000-00004.htm;jsessionid=LbrQ5vVBKqCzyBzDXKplfnr02tt1TvYkSQHhkltyjrccwnXLX9p7!1379360954!181195629!8091!-1

Letter to the Editor: Ms. Perrin Replies.
Perrin M [2008]. Letter to the Editor: Ms. Perrin Replies. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2008 Feb; 165: 262
External Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18245194?ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_
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2007

New York City young adults’ psychological reactions to 9/11: findings from the Reach for Health longitudinal study.
Agronick G, Stueve A, Vargo S, O’Donnell L [2007]. New York City young adults’ psychological reactions to 9/11: findings from the Reach for Health longitudinal study. American Journal of Community Psychology. 2007 March; 39 (1-2): 79-90.
External Link: http://www.springerlink.com/content/156750h8j5166545/?p=a702dd8649d54f97ac
7670ef6e9414fe&pi=6

Persistant organic pollutants in 9/11 world trade center rescue workers: Reduction following detoxification
Dahlgren J, Cecchini M, Takhar H, Paepke O [2007]. Chemosphere
External Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V74-4MV71CW-9&_user
=856389& _coverDate=01%2F17%2F2007&_alid=602237810&_rdoc=1&_fmt=summary&_orig=search&_cdi=5832&
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Low birthweight in New York city and upstate New York following the events of September 11th.
Eskenazi B, Marks A, Catalano R, Bruckner T, Toniolo P [2007]. Low birthweight in New York city and upstate New York following the events of September 11th. Human Reproduction. 2007 September; 22 (11): 3013-3020.
External Link: http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/11/3013

The aftermath of 9/11: effect of intensity and recency of trauma on outcome
Ganzel B, Casey BJ, Glover G, Voss HU, Temple E [2007]. Emotion 7(2): 227-38
External Link: http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/emo72227.pdf

Reported respiratory symptoms and adverse home conditions after 9/11 among residents living near the World Trade Center
Lin S, Jones R, Reibman J, Bowers J, Fitzgerald EF, Hwang SA [2007]. Journal of Asthma 44(4): 325-32
External Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V5W-4MX56HS-1&_user=
856389&_coverDate=07%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000046148&
_version=1&_urlVe rsion=0&_userid=856389&md5=a4b125333050f718a0b7aa13b0decd61

Assessment of inhalation exposures and potential health risks to the general population that resulted from the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
Lorber M, Gibb H, Grant L, Pinto J, Pleil J, Cleverly D [2007]. Assessment of inhalation exposures and potential health risks to the general population that resulted from the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Risk Anal. 2007 Oct; 27(5): 1203-1221
External Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18076491?ordinalpos=29&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_
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Sarcoidosis, firefighters sarcoidosis, and world trade center "sarcoid-like" granulomatous pulmonary disease.
Miller A [2007]. Sarcoidosis, firefighters sarcoidosis, and world trade center "sarcoid-like" granulomatous pulmonary disease. Chest. 2007 Dec; 132(6): 2053
External Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18079244?ordinalpos=13&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_
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Relationship Between Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-DNA Adducts, Environmental Tobacco Smoke, and Child Development in the World Trade Center Cohort.
Perera FP, Tang D, Rauh V, Tu YH, Tsai WY, Becker M, Stein JL, King J, Giuseppe DP, Lederman SA [2007]. Relationship Between Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon–DNA Adducts, Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Child Development in the World Trade Center Cohort   Environ Health Perspect: doi:10.1289/ehp.10144. [Online 31 May 2007]
External Link: http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/10144/10144.pdf

The Legacy of World Trade Center Dust
Samet JM, Geyh AS, Utell MJ [2007]. The New England Journal of Medicine 356(22): 2233-36
External Link: http://content.apa.org/journals/abn/116/2/329

2006

Social and psychological resources and health outcomes after the World Trade Center disaster
Adams R, Boscarino J, Galea S [2006]. Social Science & Medicine 62: 176-188.
External Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBF-4GJM3X4-1&_user=10&_
handle=V-WA-A-W-WC-MsSAYWA-UUW-U-AACZEWUZDA-AACVCUAVDA-BVWAUZZY-WC-U&_fmt=summary&
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Trends in Healthcare Use in the New York City Region Following the Terrorist Attacks of 2001.
Green DC, Buehler JW, Silk BJ, Thompson NJ, Schild LA, Klein M, Berkelman RL [2006]. Trends in Healthcare Use in the New York City Region Following the Terrorist Attacks of 2001. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science. 2007 September; 4 (3): 263-275.
External Link: http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/bsp.2006.4.263

The Anatomy of the Exposures That Occurred around the World Trade Center Site
Lioy P, Georgopoulos P [2006]. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1076: 54-79
External Link: http://www.annalsnyas.org/cgi/content/abstract/1076/1/54

The World Trade Center Aftermath and Its Effects on Health: Understanding and Learning Through Human-Exposure Science
Lioy P, Pellizzari E, Prezant D [2006]. Environmental Science and Technology 40(22): 6876–6885.
External Link: http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag/40/i22/html/111506feature_lioy.html

2005

Alcohol use in New York after the terrorist attacks: A study of the effects of psychological trauma on drinking behavior
Boscarino J, Adams R, Galea S [2005].Addictive Behaviors 31(4): 606-621.
External Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VC9-4GGWGN2-2&_coverDate
=04/30/2006&_alid=437168573&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_qd=1&_cdi=5949&_sort=d&
view=c&_acct=C000000150&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10843&md5=ac990f36b5244e0591ddb72
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PTSD and Depression Among Displaced Chinese Workers After the World Trade Center Attack: A Follow-up Study
de Bocanegra HT, Moskalenko S, Chan P [2005]. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 82(3): 364-369.
External Link: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/oup/jurban/2005/00000082/00000003/art00364

Risk Assessment for Asbestos-Related Cancer From the 9/11 Attack on the World Trade Center
Nolan R, Ross M, Nord G, Axten C, Osleeb J, Domin S, Price B, Wilson R [2005]. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 47(8): 817-825.
External Link: http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200508000-00007.htm

Upper Respiratory Symptoms and Other Health Effects among Residents Living Near the World Trade Center Site after September 11, 2001
Lin S, Reibman J, Bowers J, Hwang SA, Hoerning A, Gomez M, Fitzgerald E [2005]. American Journal of Epidemiology 162(6): 499-507.
External Link: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/162/6/499/

DNA damage from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) measured by benzo[a]pyrene DNA adducts in mothers and newborns from Northern Manhattan, the WTC area, Poland, and China.
Perera FP, Tang D, Whyatt R, Lederman S, and Jedrychowski W [2005]. DNA damage from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) measured by benzo[a]pyrene DNA adducts in mothers and newborns from Northern Manhattan, the WTC area, Poland, and China. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2005, 14: 709-714.
External Link: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/3/709

Relationship among Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon DNA Adducts and Proximity to the World Trade Center and Effects on Fetal Growth.Perera FP, Tang D, Rauh V, Lester K, Tsai W, Tu Y, Weiss L, Hoepner L, King J, Del Priore G, Lederman SA [2005]. Relationship among Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon DNA Adducts and Proximity to the World Trade Center and Effects on Fetal Growth. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2005; 113(8): 1062-7.
External Link: http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2005/7908/abstract.html

The World Trade Center Residents' Respiratory Health Study: New-Onset Respiratory Symptoms and Pulmonary Function
Reibman J, Lin S, Hwang SA, Gulati M, Bowers J, Rogers L, Berger K, Hoerning A, Gomez M, Fitzgerald E [2005]. Environmental Health Perspectives 113(4): 406-411.
External Link: http://www.ehponline.org/members/2004/7375/7375.html

Behavior Problems in New York City's Children After the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks
Stuber J, Galea S, Pfefferbaum B, Vandivere S, Moore K, Fairbrother G [2005]. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 75(2): 190-200.
External Link: http://content.apa.org/journals/ort/75/2/190/

Asthma in Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees Residing in New York City: Results from a Post-World Trade Center Disaster Survey
Wagner V, Radigan M, Roohan P, Anarella J, Gesten F [2005]. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 82(1): 76-89.
External Link: http://www.springerlink.com/content/r81kt72512278xxv/?p=e350ff1a4cfd4a86bc8799209cc31b1f&pi=0

Transgenerational Effects of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Babies of Mothers Exposed to the World Trade Center Attacks during Pregnancy
Yehuda R, Engel S, Brand S, Seckl J, Marcus S, Berkowitz G [2005]. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 90(7): 4115-4118.
External Link: http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/90/7/4115

2004

Mental Health Impact of the World Trade Center Attacks on Displaced Chinese Workers
de Bocanegra H, Brickman E [2004]. Journal of Traumatic Stress 17(1): 55-62.
External Link: http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/l05729033005n362/?p=af08dc7f9b324e519f52b4df08e08098&pi=0

EH Update: World Trade Center Panel Formed to Review Health Protection
Journal of Environmental Health 66(10): 41-42.
External Link: http://www.neha.org/JEH/

An Industrial Hygiene Survey of an Office Building in the Vicinity of the World Trade Center: Assessment of Potential Hazards Following the Collapse of the World Trade Center Buildings
Hall R, Trout D, Earnest GS [2004]. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 1: D49-D53.
External Link: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/15459624.asp

Health and Environmental Consequences of the World Trade Center Disaster
Landrigan P, Lioy P, Thurston G, Berkowitz G, Chen LC, Chillrud S, Gavett S, Georgopoulos P, Geyh A, Levin S, Perera F, Rappaport S, Small C, NIEHS(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) Working Group [2004]. Environmental Health Perspectives 112(6): 731-739.
External Link: http://www.ehponline.org/members/2004/6702/6702.html

Upper Respiratory Symptoms and Other Health Effects among Residents Living Near the World Trade Center Site after September 11, 2001
Lin S, Reibman J, Bowers J, Hwang SA, Hoerning A, Gomez M, Fitzgerald E [2004]. American Journal of Epidemiology 162: 499-507.
External Link: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/162/6/499/

Clinic record review of pediatric asthmatic patients after September 11, 2001, does not support authors’ conclusions [correspondence]
Matte T [2004]. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 114(4): 989
External Link: http://journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/ymai/home

Clinical deterioration in pediatric asthmatic patients after September 11, 2001
Szema A, Khedkar M, Maloney P, Takach P, Nickels M, Patel H, Modugno F, Tso A, Lin D [2004]. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 113(3): 420-426.
External Link: http://www.jacionline.org/article/PIIS0091674903027775/abstract?browse_volume=113&issue_key=
TOC@@JOURNALS@YJACI@0113@0003&issue_preview=no&select1=no&select1=no&start=&startpage=&vol

Characterization of Background Concentrations in Upper Manhattan, New York Apartments for Select Contaminants Identified in World Trade Center Dust
Tang K, Nace Jr C, Lynes C, Maddaloni M, Laposta D, Callahan K [2004]. Environmental Science & Technology 38(24): 6482-6490.
External Link: http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/esthag/2004/38/i24/abs/es035468r.html

2003

The World Trade Center Disaster and Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Berkowitz G, Wolff M, Janevic T, Holzman I, Yehuda R, Landrigan P [2003]. Journal of the American Medical Association 290(5): 595-596.
External Link: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/290/5/595-a

Psychiatric Medication Use Among Manhattan Residents Following the World Trade Center Disaster
Boscarino J, Galea S, Ahern J, Resnick H, Vlahov D [2003]. Journal of Traumatic Stress 16(3): 301-306.
External Link: http://www.springerlink.com/content/r3282uwx62728117/?p=bfaa803
acf224b8abdbc3e93e030cd0c&pi=0

Potential Exposures to Airborne and Settled Dust in Residential Areas of Lower Manhattan Following the Collapse of the World Trade Center – New York City, November 4 – December 11, 2001
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) [2003]. MMWR 52(7): 131-136.
External Link: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5207a3.htm

Relationship of Self-Reported Asthma Severity and Urgent Health Care Utilization to Psychological Sequelae of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center Among New York City Area Residents
Fagan J, Galea S, Ahern J, Bonner S, Vlahov D [2003]. Psychosomatic Medicine 65(6): 993-996.
External Link: http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/content/abstract/65/6/993/

Health Effects of Local Residents Near the World Trade Center: Have They Been Forgotten? [letter to the editor]
Lange, JH [2003]. J Occup Environ Med 45(5): 465.
External Link: http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/toc.00043764-200305000-00000.htm

Granulomatous Pneumonitis Following Exposure to the World Trade Center Collapse
Safirstein B, Klukowicz A, Miller R, Teirstein A [2003]. CHEST 123: 301-304.
External Link: http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/123/1/301/

2002

Mind and matter: OEM and the World Trade Center
Kipen HM, Gochfeld M [2002]. Occup Environ Med 59: 145-146.
External Link: http://oem.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/59/3/145/

Lessons Learned on Environmental, Occupational, and Residential Exposures From the Attack on the World Trade Center
Lioy P, Gochfeld M [2002]. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 42(6): 560-565.
External Link: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/100520069/ABSTRACT

Researchers Probe Health Consequences Following the World Trade Center Attack
Stephenson J [2002]. Journal of the American Medical Association 288(10): 1219-1221.
External Link: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/288/10/1219

Health Effects and Occupational Exposures Among Office Workers Near the World Trade Center Disaster Site
Trout D, Nimgade A, Mueller C, Hall R, Earnest GS [2002]. J Occup Environ Med 44(7): 601-605.
External Link: http://www.joem.org/pt/re/joem/abstract.00043764-200207000-00003.htm

2001

New York City Department of Health Response to Terrorist Attack, September 11, 2001
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) [2001]. MMWR 50(38): 821-822.
External Link: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5038a1.htm

Environmental Aftermath
Claudio L [2001]. Environmental Health Perspectives 109(11): A529-A536.
External Link: http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2001/109-11/focus.html

Health Consequences of the 11 September 2001 Attacks (editorial)
Landrigan P [2001]. Environmental Health Perspectives 109(11): A514-A515.
External Link: http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2001/109-11/editorial.html