World Trade Center Response

WTC Tower Survivors & Fatalities Articles by Year/Author

The following is a list of the reports published about World Trade Center tower survivors and fatalities. Links to the abstracts are provided when available; however, viewing the full text of some reports may require a subscription to the publishing journal.

2007

Factors associated with high-rise evacuation: qualitative results from the World Trade Center Evacuation Study.
Gershon RR, Qureshi KA, Rubin MS, Raveis VH [2007]. Factors associated with high-rise evacuation: qualitative results from the World Trade Center Evacuation Study. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2007 May-June; 22 (3): 165-73.
External Link: http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu/22-3 PDFs/gershon.pdf

Bioinformatics and human identification in mass fatality incidents: the world trade center disaster.
Leclair B, Shaler R, Carmody GR, Eliason K, Hendrickson BC, Judkins T, Norton MJ, Sears C, Scholl T [2007]. Bioinformatics and human identification in mass fatality incidents: the world trade center disaster. J Forensic Sci 52(4): 806-19.
External Link: http://www.aafs.org/?section_id=journal_of_fs&page_id=contact_info

The flexible application of a manualized treatment for PTSD symptoms and functional impairment related to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack
Levitt JT, Malta LS, Martin A, Davis L, Cloitre M [2007]. Behaviour Research and Therapy 45(7): 1419-33.
External Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V5W-4MX56HS-1&_
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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

Surveillance for World Trade Center Disaster Health Effects Among Survivors of Collapsed and Damaged Buildings
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) [2006]. Surveillance for World Trade Center Disaster Health Effects Among Survivors of Collapsed and Damaged Buildings. MMWR 55(SS-2): 1-18.
External Link: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5502a1.htm

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

Self-Enhancement Among High-Exposure Survivors of the September 11th Terrorist Attack: Resilience or Social Maladjustment
Bonanno G, Rennicke C, Dekel S [2005]. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 88(6): 984-998.
External Link: http://content.apa.org/journals/psp/88/6/984/

September 11, 2001, Revisited
Feeney J, Goldberg R, Blumenthal J, Wallack M [2005]. Archives of Surgery 140: 1068-1073.
External Link: http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/140/11/1068

Health Status among Emergency Department Patients Appoximately One Year after Consecutive Disasters in New York City
Fernandez W, Galea S, Miller J, Ahern J, Chiang W, Kennedy E, Garritano J [2005]. Academic Emergency Medicine 12: 958-964/
External Link: http://www.aemj.org/cgi/content/abstract/12/10/958

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