World Trade Center health program: First decade of research

A Santiago-Colón, R Daniels, D Reissman… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 placed nearly a half million people at increased
risk of adverse health. Health effects research began shortly after and continues today, now …

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) in allergy and skin diseases: focus on immunomodulating functions

A Trakaki, G Marsche - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
From an evolutionary perspective, lipoproteins are not only lipid transporters, but they also
have important functions in many aspects of immunity. High-density lipoprotein (HDL) …

The development of a WTC environmental health center pan-cancer database

Y Shao, N Durmus, Y Zhang, S Pehlivan… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Recent studies have reported elevated risks of multiple cancers in the
World Trade Center (WTC) affected community members (also called WTC “Survivors”). The …

Characteristics of cancer patients in the world Trade center environmental health center

N Durmus, Y Shao, AA Arslan, Y Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers on 11 September 2001 released
many tons of aerosolized dust and smoke with potential for carcinogenic exposures to …

[HTML][HTML] The response to September 11: a disaster case study

MA Crane, NC Levy-Carrick, L Crowley, S Barnhart… - Annals of global …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background The response to 9/11 continues into its 14th year. The World Trade Center
Health Program (WTCHP), a long-term monitoring and treatment program now funded by the …

Cognitive function among World Trade Center-exposed community members with mental health symptoms

R Rosen, Y Shao, Q Zhang, J Bao, Y Zhang… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The World Trade Center Environmental Health Center (WTC EHC), is a federally designated
clinical center of excellence for surveillance and treatment of WTC disaster exposed …

Adolescents exposed to the World Trade Center collapse have elevated serum dioxin and furan concentrations more than 12 years later

LG Kahn, X Han, TT Koshy, Y Shao, DB Chu… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001
released a dust cloud containing numerous environmental contaminants, including …

Serum perfluoroalkyl substances in children exposed to the world trade center disaster

L Trasande, TT Koshy, J Gilbert, LK Burdine… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Trade Center (WTC) disaster released large amounts of various
chemical substances into the environment, including perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) …

Molecular clustering analysis of blood biomarkers in world trade center exposed community members with persistent lower respiratory symptoms

G Grunig, N Durmus, Y Zhang, Y Lu, S Pehlivan… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001 (9/11) released
large amounts of toxic dusts and fumes into the air that exposed many community members …

Posttraumatic stress disorder mediates the association between traumatic World Trade Center dust cloud exposure and ongoing systemic inflammation in community …

Y Zhang, R Rosen, J Reibman, Y Shao - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Exposure to World Trade Center (WTC) dust/fumes and traumas on 11 September 2001 has
been reported as a risk factor for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other …