Health and Environmental Consequences of the World Trade Center Disaster

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 112; no. 6; pp. 731 - 739
• Main Authors: Landrigan, Philip J., Lioy, Paul J., Thurston, George, Berkowitz, Gertrud, Chen, L. C., Chillrud, Steven N., Gavett, Stephen H., Georgopoulos, Panos G., Geyh, Alison S., Levin, Stephen, Perera, Frederica, Rappaport, Stephen M., Small, Christopher, The NIEHS World Trade Center Working Group
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 01.05.2004; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• Subjects: Adult; Air pollution; Air sampling; Aircraft; Animals; Asbestos; Construction Materials; Cough; Environmental agencies; Environmental Exposure; Environmental health; Female; Fire fighting; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Incidence; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Small for Gestational Age; Infants; Lung - immunology; Lung - pathology; Male; Mice; Middle Aged; New York City; Occupational Exposure; Particulate matter; Plumes; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - analysis; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - poisoning; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology; Respiratory Tract Diseases - etiology; Risk Assessment; Terrorism; Workgroup Report; USA, New York; USA, New York, New York

The attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) created an acute environmental disaster of enormous magnitude. This study characterizes the environmental exposures resulting from destruction of the WTC and assesses their effects on health. Methods include ambient air sampling; analyses of outdoor and ind...