Opioid prescriptions among the World Trade Center Health Program population [PDF]
Background The World Trade Center Health Program (Program) provides limited health care to those directly affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Because of physical/mental trauma arising from the 9/11 attacks, Program members might be at high risk of ...
Ruiling Liu +6 more
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Polypharmacy and frailty among aging World Trade Center responders [PDF]
BackgroundDuring and after the 9/11 rescue and recovery efforts, World Trade Center (WTC) responders were exposed to environmental hazards that may accelerate aging and increase frailty.
Chinmayi Venkatram +11 more
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Equity in initial health evaluation utilization among world trade center health program members enrolled during 2012–2022 [PDF]
Background The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program, a limited federal healthcare program, provides medical monitoring and treatment for WTC-related conditions to eligible Responders and Survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Ruiling Liu +9 more
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The association of Gastro-esophageal reflux disease and self-reported myocardial-infarction among World Trade Center disaster exposed persons [PDF]
Objective: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the third most prevalent condition among responders and survivors who are monitored and treated in World Trade Center Health Program.
Robert Brackbill +4 more
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Long COVID symptoms and loneliness: findings from the World Trade Center Health Registry [PDF]
Background Symptoms of long COVID can profoundly impact affected individuals’ functioning, including their ability to participate in social activities. While individuals experiencing long COVID symptoms frequently report loneliness, few studies to date ...
Julia S. Sisti +2 more
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Racial and ethnic disparities in mortality among World Trade Center Health Registry enrollees with post‐9/11 cancer [PDF]
Introduction There are well‐documented racial and ethnic disparities in mortality after cancer in the general population, but less is known about whether disparities also exist in disaster‐exposed populations.
Rebecca D. Kehm +2 more
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DNA Methylation as a Molecular Mechanism of Carcinogenesis in World Trade Center Dust Exposure: Insights from a Structured Literature Review [PDF]
The collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) buildings in New York City generated a large plume of dust and smoke. WTC dust contained human carcinogens including metals, asbestos, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), persistent organic pollutants ...
Stephanie Tuminello +7 more
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Correction: Opioid prescriptions among the World Trade Center Health Program population [PDF]
Ruiling Liu +6 more
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406 Living Review of World Trade Center Health Effects
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The goal of this project is to develop a strategy to collect and extract published evidence in real time and to house and model these data for efficient downstream application to Program activities such as targeted reviews, grant ...
Alan Katruska +2 more
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