The physical and mental health challenges experienced by 9/11 first responders and recovery workers: a review of the literature

EC Smith, L Holmes, FM Burkle - Prehospital and disaster medicine, 2019 - cambridge.org
Introduction: In the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York
(USA), otherwise known as 9/11, first responders and recovery workers began experiencing …

Long-term associations of morbidity with air pollution: A catalog and synthesis

FW Lipfert - Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT I searched the National Institutes of Health MEDLINE database through January
2017 for long-term studies of morbidity and air pollution and cataloged them with respect to …

Post-endotoxin exposure-induced lung inflammation and resolution consequences beneficially impacted by lung-delivered IL-10 therapy

JA Poole, R Gaurav, A Schwab, AJ Nelson… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Although lung diseases typically result from long-term exposures, even a robust, one-time
exposure can result in long-lasting consequences. Endotoxin is a ubiquitous environmental …

Bronchial reactivity and lung function after world trade center exposure

TK Aldrich, J Weakley, S Dhar, CB Hall, T Crosse… - Chest, 2016 - Elsevier
Background World Trade Center (WTC)-exposed rescue/recovery workers endured massive
respiratory insult from inhalation of particulate matter and gases, resulting in respiratory …

Mechanistic and therapeutic approaches to occupational exposure-associated allergic and non-allergic asthmatic disease

AD Schwab, JA Poole - Current allergy and asthma reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Occupational lung disease, including asthma, is a significant
cause of disability worldwide. The dose, exposure frequency, and nature of the causal agent …

[HTML][HTML] Prolonged occupational exposure leads to allergic airway sensitization and chronic airway and systemic inflammation in professional firefighters

N Gianniou, P Katsaounou, E Dima… - Respiratory …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Little data exist on short-and long-term effects of occupational
exposure on airway and systemic inflammation in professional firefighters. We aimed to …

Acute effects of smoke exposure on airway and systemic inflammation in forest firefighters

N Gianniou, C Giannakopoulou, E Dima… - Journal of asthma …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The aim of this study was to assess respiratory health and airway and systemic
inflammation in professional forest firefighters post firefighting. Methods A total of 60 …

Biomarkers of World Trade Center particulate matter exposure: Physiology of distal airway and blood biomarkers that predict FEV1 decline

MD Weiden, S Kwon, E Caraher… - … in respiratory and …, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Biomarkers can be important predictors of disease severity and progression. The intense
exposure to particulates and other toxins from the destruction of the World Trade Center …

Validation of predictive metabolic syndrome biomarkers of world trade center lung injury: a 16-year longitudinal study

S Kwon, G Crowley, EJ Caraher, SH Haider, R Lam… - Chest, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) predicted future development of World Trade
Center lung injury (WTC-LI) in a subgroup of firefighters who never smoked and were male …

Principais riscos e fatores de risco ocupacionais associados aos bombeiros, eventuais doenças profissionais e medidas de proteção recomendadas

M Santos, A Almeida - 2016 - repositorio.ucp.pt
Os bombeiros estão expostos a inúmeros fatores de risco ocupacionais, capazes de
originar acidentes de trabalho ou doenças profissionais relevantes. Apesar disso, o seu …