Scientific research published in peer-reviewed journals comprises the bibliography below. Where possible, links to abstracts are provided. It will be updated on a weekly basis.
For research published prior to the current year, please scroll to the bottom of the page for a link to the WTC Science Summaries Overview maintained by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
All Health Effects Articles
2008
The Impact of Pretrauma Analogue GAD and Posttraumatic Emotional Reactivity Following Exposure to the September 11 Terrorist Attacks: A Longitudinal Study.
Farach FJ, Mennin DS, Smith RL, et al. Behavior Therapy. 2008 Sep;39(3):262-76.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18721640?dopt=AbstractPlus
Service and Science in Times of Crisis: Developing, Planning, and Implementing A Clinical Research Program for Children Traumatically Bereaved After 9/11.
Goodman RF, Brown EJ. Death Studies. 2008;32(2):154-80.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18693386?dopt=AbstractPlus
Media Exposure and Dimensions of Anxiety Sensitivity: Differential Associations with PTSD Symptom Clusters.
Collimore KC, McCabe RE, Carleton RN, et al. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2008 Aug;22(6):1021-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18093798?dopt=AbstractPlus
Biomonitoring of Perfluorochemicals in Plasma of New York State Personnel Responding to the World Trade Center Disaster.
Tao L, Kannan K, Aldous KM, et al. Environmental Science & Technology. 2008 May 1;42(9):3472-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18522136?dopt=AbstractPlu
Roadmap for the Protection of Disaster Research Participants: Findings from the World Trade Center Evacuation Study.
Qureshi KA, Gershon RR, Smailes E, et al. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2007 Nov-Dec;22(6):486-93.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18709936?dopt=AbstractPlus
Population Psychiatric Medication Prescription Rates Following a Terrorist Attack.
DiMaggio C, Galea S, Madrid PA. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2007 Nov-Dec;22(6):479-84.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18709935?dopt=AbstractPlus
The First 24 Hours of the World Trade Center Attacks of 2001 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Emergency Phase Response.
Cruz MA, Burger R, Keim M. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2007 Nov-Dec;22(6):473-7.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18711834?dopt=AbstractPlus
Searching For and Finding Meaning in Collective Trauma: Results From a National Longitudinal Study of The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.
Updegraff JA, Silver RC, Holman EA. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2008 Sep;95(3):709-22.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18729704?dopt=AbstractPlus
An Overview of 9/11 Experiences and Respiratory and Mental Health Conditions among World Trade Center Health Registry Enrollees.
Farfel M, DiGrande L, Brackbill R, et al. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine (in press).
http://www.springerlink.com/content/x101jg5460720690/
Relation between Cord Blood Mercury Levels and Early Child Development in a World Trade Center Cohort.
Lederman SA, Jones RL, Caldwell KL, et al. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2008 Aug;116(8):1085-91.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18709170?dopt=AbstractPlus
Analyzing Postdisaster Surveillance Data: The Effect of the Statistical Method.
DiMaggio C, Galea S, Abramson D. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2008 Jun;2(2):119-26.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18525375?dopt=AbstractPlus
Use of Mental Health Services among Disaster Survivors.
Rodriguez JJ, Kohn R. Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 2008 Jul;21(4):370-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18520742?dopt=AbstractPlus
Police Peer Support Programs: Current Knowledge and Practice.
Grauwiler P, Barocas B, Mills LG. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health. 2008 Winter;10(1):27-38.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18546757?dopt=AbstractPlus
Disaster Mental Health Workers Responding to Ground Zero: One Year Later.
Daly ES, Gulliver SB, Zimering RT, et al. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2008 Apr;21(2):227-30.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18404624?dopt=AbstractPlus
Subjective Effect of September 11, 2001 among Pregnant Women: Is Cumulative History of Interpersonal Violence Important?
Lewis MW, Cavanagh PK, Ahn G, Yoshioka MR. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2008 Jun;23(6):780-97.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252940?dopt=AbstractPlus
Incidence of New Onset Asthma after the WTC Disaster.
Miller A. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2008 July; 116(7):A286.
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/11331/letter.html
Does Virtual Trauma Cause Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?
McNally RJ, Breslau N. The American Psychologist. 2008 May-Jun;63(4):282-3; discussion 283-5.
http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&uid=2008-05553-016
Indirect Exposure to the September 11 Terrorist Attacks: Does Symptom Structure Resemble PTSD?
Suvak M, Maguen S, Litz BT, Silver RC, Holman EA. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2008 Feb;21(1):30-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18302169?dopt=AbstractPlus
The Relationship between PTSD Arousal Symptoms and Depression among Mothers Exposed to the World Trade Center Attacks.
Rubacka JM, et al. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2008 Jun;196(6):504-7.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18552630?dopt=AbstractPlus
Modeling Exposure to Air Pollution from the WTC Disaster Based on Reports of Perceived Air Pollution.
Lederman SA, et al. Risk Analysis: An Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis. 2008 Apr;28(2):287-301.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18419649?dopt=AbstractPlus
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.
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2008/11205/11205.pdf
Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine: A Journal of Translational and Personalized Medicine (Theme: World Trade Center Disaster).
Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine. 2008 Mar/Apr;75(2):63-141.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119339112/issue
Health Effects Following 9/11: Implications for Occupational Health Nurses.
Pak VM, O'Hara M, McCauley LA. AAOHN Journal: American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. 2008 Apr;56(4):159-65; quiz 166-7.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18444404?dopt=AbstractPlus
Development of an Exposure Assessment Method for Epidemiological Studies of New York State Personnel Who Responded to the World Trade Center Disaster.
Herdt-Losavio ML, Mauer MP, Carlson GA. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene. 2008 Mar;52(2):83-93. Epub 2008 Feb 13.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18272906?dopt=AbstractPlus
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, PTSD and Risk Factors among Lower Manhattan Residents 2-3 Years after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks.
DiGrande L, Perrin M, Thorpe L et al. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2008 June 13.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119877453/abstract
Enduring Mental Health Morbidity and Social Function Impairment in World Trade Center Rescue, Recovery and Cleanup Workers: The Psychological Dimension of an Environmental Health Disaster.
Stellman J, Smith R, Katz C, et al. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2008 May 20.
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/11164/abstract.html
Summary of the Development of a Signature for Detection of Residual Dust from Collapse of the World Trade Center Buildings.
Lowers HA, Meeker GP, Lioy PJ, Lippmann M. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2008 May 14.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18478046?dopt=AbstractPlus
Constructing Peace: Helping Youth Cope in the Aftermath of 9/11.
Hernández-Cordero LJ, Fullilove MT. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2008 Mar;34(3 Suppl):S31-5.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18267197?dopt=AbstractPlus
The Compassion Fatigue Scale: Its Use with Social Workers Following Urban Disaster.
Adams, R.E., et al. Research on Social Work Practice. 2008;18(3):238-250.
http://rsw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/18/3/238
A Systematic Change in Dreams after 9/11/01.
Hartmann E, Brezler T. Sleep. 2008 Feb 1;31(2):213-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18274268?dopt=AbstractPlus
Trial of Prophylactic Inhaled Steroids to Prevent or Reduce Pulmonary Function Decline, Pulmonary Symptoms and Airway Hyperreactivity in Firefighters at the World Trade Center Site.
Banauch GI, Izbicki G, Christodoulou V, et. al. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2008 2(1):33-39.
http://www.dmphp.org/cgi/content/short/2/1/33
Organizational Factors and Office Workers' Health after the World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks: Long-Term Physical Symptoms, Psychological Distress and Work Productivity.
Osinubi OY, Gandhi SK, Ohman-Strickland P,et. al. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2008 Feb;50(2):112-125.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18301168?dopt=AbstractPlus
Letter to the Editor: Ms. Perrin Replies.
Perrin M [2008]. Letter to the Editor: Ms. Perrin Replies. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2008. 165: 262.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18245191?dopt=AbstractPlus
Letter to the Editor: Witnessing Horror at the World Trade Center.
Kelly K [2008]. Letter to the Editor: Witnessing horror at the World Trade Center. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2008. 165: 261-b-262.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18245191?dopt=AbstractPlus
Ayurvedic Herbal Supplements as an Antidote to 9/11 Toxicity.
Dahl JJ, Falk K. Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine. 2008;14(1):24-28.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18251318?dopt=AbstractPlus
Vocal Cord Dysfunction in Former World Trade Center (WTC) Rescue and Recovery Workers and Volunteers.
de la Hoz RE, Shohet MR, Bienenfeld LA, et. al. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2008 Jan 22 [Epub ahead of print]
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/117892057/
ABSTRACT
Macrolevel Stressors, Terrorism and Mental Health Outcomes: Broadening the Stress Paradigm.
Richman JA, Cloninger L, Rospenda KM. American Journal of Public Health. 2008. 98(2):323-329.
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/98/2/323
Resilience after 9/11: Multimodal Neuroimaging Evidence for Stress-Related Change in the Healthy Adult Brain.
Ganzel BL, Kim P, Glover GH, et. al. Neuroimage. 2008 Apr 1;40(2):788-95.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18234524?dopt=AbstractPlus
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://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&uid=2008-04724-012
9/11 Environmental Health-Disaster and Response.
Kotelchuck D, Stein D, Tuminaro D, Newman DM. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 2008;18(1):3-22.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18375369?dopt=AbstractPlus
Disaster Response and Grassroots Environmental Advocacy: The Example of the World Trade Center Community Labor Coalition.
Newman DM. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 2008; 18(1):23-56.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18375370?dopt=AbstractPlus
Processing Bias for Terror-Related Stimuli and September 11th-Related Distress in College Students.
Waters AJ, Parrott WG, Mogg K, et. al. Psychological Reports. 2007. 101:787-795.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18232435?ordinalpos=1&
itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.
Pubmed_RVDocSum
New Onset Delusions in the Aftermath of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks.
Hegarty EL, Catalano G, Catalano MC. Journal of Psychiatric Practice. 2007. 13(6):405-410.
Impact of Conjoined Exposure to the World Trade Center Attacks and to Other Traumatic Events on the Behavioral Problems of Preschool Children.
Chemtob CM, Nomura Y, Abramovitz RA. Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine. 2008;162(2):126-133.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18250236?ordinalpos=1&
itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.
Pubmed_RVDocSum
Articles Archived By NIOSH: 2001-2007
