Suggested Reading

Disaster in Context: The Effects of 9/11 on Youth Distant from the Attacks

Mijanovich T, Weitzman BC. Community Mental Health Journal. 2010 Dec;46(6):601-11.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19757041

Attack-related Life Disruption and Child Psychopathology in New York City Public Schoolchildren 6-months Post-9/11.

Comer JS, Fan B, Duarte CS et al. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2010; 39(4):460-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20589558

Exposure to 9/11 among Youth and Their Mothers in New York City: Enduring Associations with Mental Health and Sociopolitical Attitudes.

Gershoff ET, Aber JL, Ware A et al. Child Development 2010 July/August 81;4: 1142-1160.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20820163

Substance Use and Functional Impairment among Adolescents Directly Exposed to the 2001 World Trade Center Attacks.

Chemtob CM, Nomura Y, Josephson L et al. Disasters. 2009 Jul;33(3):337-52.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19178553

Effect of Maternal Psychopathology on Behavioral Problems in Preschool Children Exposed to Terrorism: Use of Generalized Estimating Equations to Integrate Multiple Informant Reports.

Nomura Y, Chemtob CM. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2009 Jun; 163(6):531-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19487609

Cumulative Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Children Exposed to the 9/11 World Trade Center Attack.

Mullett-Hume E, Anshel D, Guevara V, Cloitre M. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 2008 Jan;78(1):103-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18444732

Respiratory and Other Health Effects Reported in Children Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster of September 11, 2001. 

Thomas, P, Brackbill R, Thalji L, et al. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2008 October;116(10):1383-1390.

Relationship Between Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-DNA Adducts, Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Child Development in the World Trade Center Cohort

Perera FP, Tang D, Rauh V, et al. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2007. 115:1497-1502

Caring for Kids after Trauma Disaster and Death: A Guide for Parents and Professionals 

New York University Child Study Center. 2006.

Health responses of New York City firefighter spouses and their families post-September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

Menendez AM, Molloy J, Magaldi MC. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 2006. 27:905-17.

Posttraumatic stress in children with first responders in their families

Duarte CS, Hoven CW, Wu P, et. al. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2006. 19:301-6.

Exposure to the World Trade Center attack and the use of cigarettes and alcohol among New York City public high-school students

Wu P, Duarte CS, Mandell DJ, et al. American Journal of Public Health. 2006. 96:804-807.

Psychopathology among New York City public school children 6 months after September 11

Hoven CW, Duarte CS, Lucas CP, et al. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2005. 62:545-552.

Posttraumatic stress reactions in New York City children after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

Fairbrother G, Stuber J, Galea S, Fleischman AR, Pfefferbaum B. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2003. 3:304-11.

Birth Outcomes

Disasters and Perinatal Health: A Systematic Review.

Harville E, Xiong X, Buekens P. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 2010 Nov; 65(11):713-28.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21375788

Effects of the September 11, 2001 Disaster on Pregnancy Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Ohlsson A, Shah PS; the Knowledge Synthesis Group of Determinants of Preterm/LBW births. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 2011 Jan;90(1):6-18.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21275910

Birth Outcomes Among Offspring of Women Exposed to the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks.

Lipkind HS, Curry, AE, Huynh M et al. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2010;116(4):917-925.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20859156

Prenatal Exposure to PBDEs and Neurodevelopment.

Herbstman JB, Sjodin A, Kurzon M, et al. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2010; 118:712-719.
http://ehsehplp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.0901340

Low birthweight in New York City and upstate New York following the events of September 11th

Eskenazi B, Marks AR, Catalano R, et. al. Human Reproduction. 2007. 22:3013-3020.

The effects of the WTC event on birth outcomes among term deliveries at three lower Manhattan hospitals

Lederman SA, Rauh V, Weiss L, et al. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2004. 112; 1772-1778.

WTC Scientific Bibliography