| Document ID (ISN) | 100431 |
| CIS number |
02-1370 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Trout D., Nimgade A., Mueller C., Hall R., Earnest G.S. |
| Title |
Health effects and occupational exposures among office workers near the World Trade Center disaster site |
| Bibliographic information |
July 2002, Vol.44, No.7, p.601-605. 11 ref. |
| Abstract |
To evaluate health effects and occupational exposures three months after the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) among a population of employees working close to the disaster site, a cross-sectional survey was carried out among government employees working near the WTC site in New York City (NYC) and a comparison group in Dallas, Texas. An industrial hygiene evaluation of the NYC workplace was conducted. Constitutional and mental health symptoms were reported more frequently among workers in NYC. Post-September 11 counseling services were utilized to a greater degree among workers in NYC, while utilization of other types of medical services did not differ significantly between the groups. No occupational exposures to substances at concentrations that would explain the reported constitutional symptoms were found. There is no evidence of ongoing hazardous exposure to airborne contaminants among the workers surveyed. Specific causes of reported constitutional health symptoms have not been determined. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
New York; state of health; government services; office work; disasters; mental health |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
occupational hygiene; USA; symptoms; depressive neurosis; complications of injury; questionnaire survey; cross-sectional study; psychological effects; traumatic neurosis |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Office work
Psychological factors
Mental health
Public and government services
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