- Author
- Samet, J. M. | Geyh, A. S. | Utell, M. J.
- Title
- Legacy of World Trade Center Dust.
- Coporate
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Univ., NY
- Journal
- New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 356, No. 22, 2233-2236, May 31,2007
- Keywords
- World Trade Center | fire fighters | first responders | health hazards | risks | hazardous materials | debris | toxicity | asbestos | toxic gases | risk assessment | respiratory systems | cleaning | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | inhalation | exposure | inhalation toxicity
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; uncertainty and controversy remain about the health risks posed by inhaling the dust from the collapse; risks posed by exposure to airborne particles; "World Trade Center cough"; bronchial hyperreactivity