| Document ID (ISN) | 110149 |
| CIS number |
09-1024 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Tao X.G., Massa J., Ashwell L., Davis K., Schwab M., Geyh A. |
| Title |
The World Trade Center clean up and recovery worker cohort study: Respiratory health amongst cleanup workers approximately 20 months after initial exposure at the disaster site |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 2007, Vol.49, No.10, p.1063-1072. Illus. 17 ref. |
| Abstract |
Respiratory health among cleanup workers at the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster site was evaluated approximately 20 months after the initial exposure to assess the risk of lower respiratory symptoms. In 2003, a questionnaire requesting information about the tasks carried out on the site, current respiratory and historical health and smoking was sent to 4,546 workers having worked at the site (response rate 25%), and 2,103 workers who were never at the WTC (response rate 12%). As compared with those never at the site, WTC workers were more than three times as likely to report any lower respiratory symptoms (odds ratio 3.40). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
respiratory system; New York; terrorism; demolition; risk factors; symptoms |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; inhalation; delayed effects; case-control study; cohort study; questionnaire survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Violence and terrorism
|
