Twenty-Year Reflection on the Impact of World Trade Center Exposure on Pulmonary Outcomes in Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Rescue and Recovery Workers
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DOI: 10.1007/s00408-021-00493-z
Abstract: After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (9/11), many rescue/recovery workers developed respiratory symptoms and pulmonary diseases due to their extensive World Trade Center (WTC) dust cloud exposure. Nearly all Fire Department of the… read more here.
Keywords: recovery workers; exposure; disease; world trade ... See more keywords
A Prospective Post-disaster Longitudinal Follow-up Study of Emotional and Psychosocial Outcomes of the Oklahoma City Bombing Rescue and Recovery Workers During the First Quarter Century Afterward
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DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2022.296
Abstract: Abstract Objective: Little prospectively assessed post-disaster longitudinal research has been done on mental health (MH) outcomes of disaster rescue and recovery workers. This longitudinal prospective study, which is examining first responders to a terrorist bombing… read more here.
Keywords: disaster; recovery workers; rescue recovery; post disaster ... See more keywords
The Physical and Mental Health Challenges Experienced by 9/11 First Responders and Recovery Workers: A Review of the Literature
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DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x19004989
Abstract: Abstract Introduction: In the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York (USA), otherwise known as 9/11, first responders and recovery workers began experiencing a range of physical and mental health challenges.… read more here.
Keywords: health; health challenges; recovery workers; mental health ... See more keywords