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    Mental Healthcare Needs in World Trade Center Responders: Results from a Large, Population-Based Health Monitoring Cohort

    Nearly two decades after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC), the prevalence of mental disorders remains elevated among traditional (e.g., police) and non-traditional (e.g., construction workers) ...

    Olivia Diab, Jonathan DePierro, Leo Cancelmo in Administration and Policy in Mental Health… (2020)

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    A comparison of CPAP and CPAPFLEX in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in World Trade Center responders: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Following the World Trade Center disaster, a large number of individuals involved in rescue and recovery activity were exposed to significant amounts of dust, and reported symptoms of chronic nasal and sinus i...

    Indu Ayappa, Jag Sunderram, Kathleen Black, Akosua Twumasi, Iris Udasin in Trials (2015)

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    Increased DNA-protein crosslinks in lymphocytes of residents living in chromium-contaminated areas

    It has been known for a number of years that chromium-containing mine slags were used as landfill in residential areas of Hudson County, New Jersey. Since one of the major lesions induced in intact cells by ch...

    Emanuela Taioli, Anatoly Zhitkovich, Patrick Kinney in Biological Trace Element Research (1995)

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    Temporal changes in blood lead levels of hazardous waste workers in New Jersey, 1984–1987

    The blood lead levels of 568 New Jersey hazardous waste workers were determined at least once in the period 1984–1987. Workers almost always wore protective clothing in the field, which should have prevented e...

    Michael Gochfeld, Iris Udasin, Elissa Favata in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (1993)