Depending on their nature and severity, disasters can create large volumes of debris and
waste. The waste can overwhelm existing solid waste management facilities and impact on …

A growing body of research supports the role of outdoor air pollutants in acutely aggravating
chronic diseases in children, and suggests that the pollutants may have a role in the …

BackgroundLongitudinal symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are often
characterized by heterogeneous trajectories, which may have unique pre-, peri-and post …

In recent years, the world has watched in horror as tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes
have wrought havoc across countries and continents. While these events have different …

Background More than 50 000 people participated in the rescue and recovery work that
followed the Sept 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC). Multiple health …

Context The World Trade Center Health Registry provides a unique opportunity to examine
long-term health effects of a large-scale disaster. Objective To examine risk factors for new …

Substantial epidemiologic and clinical evidence indicates that agents inhaled at work can
induce asthma. In industrialized countries, occupational factors have been implicated in 9 to …

Now in its third edition, Disaster Recovery continues to serve as the most comprehensive
book of its kind and will span the core areas that recovery managers and voluntary …

Asthma, a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airway, is influenced by interplay between
genetic and environmental factors now known to be mediated by epigenetics. Aberrant DNA …

To date, health effects of exposure to the September 11, 2001 disaster in New York City
have been studied in specific groups, but no studies have estimated its impact across the …