TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolution of lower respiratory symptoms in New York police officers after 9/11
T2 - A prospective longitudinal study
AU - Buyantseva, Larisa V.
AU - Tulchinsky, Mark
AU - Kapalka, George M.
AU - Chinchilli, Vernon
AU - Qian, Zhengmin
AU - Gillio, Robert
AU - Roberts, Arthur
AU - Bascom, Rebecca
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - OBJECTIVE: We studied the evolution of lower respiratory symptoms at 1 month (initial) and 19 months (follow-up) after the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 (9/11). METHODS: A total of 1588 New York police officers completed initial self-administered questionnaires. The level of 9/11 exposure and pre-9/11 health was available in 1373. Of those, 471 (426 with no pre-9/11 chronic respiratory disease) completed a follow-up telephone survey. RESULTS: Prevalence of cough was 43.5% at both initial and follow-up assessments, but increased were the prevalence of phlegm (14.4% to 30.7%, P < 0.001), shortness of breath (18.9% to 43.6%, P < 0.001), and wheeze (13.1% to 25.9%, P < 0.001). Rates of delayed-onset (present on follow-up assessment only) cough, phlegm, shortness of breath, and wheeze were 21%, 21.9%, 31.7%, and 17.3%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Most of the lower respiratory symptoms increased between 1 month and 19 months after 9/11.
AB - OBJECTIVE: We studied the evolution of lower respiratory symptoms at 1 month (initial) and 19 months (follow-up) after the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 (9/11). METHODS: A total of 1588 New York police officers completed initial self-administered questionnaires. The level of 9/11 exposure and pre-9/11 health was available in 1373. Of those, 471 (426 with no pre-9/11 chronic respiratory disease) completed a follow-up telephone survey. RESULTS: Prevalence of cough was 43.5% at both initial and follow-up assessments, but increased were the prevalence of phlegm (14.4% to 30.7%, P < 0.001), shortness of breath (18.9% to 43.6%, P < 0.001), and wheeze (13.1% to 25.9%, P < 0.001). Rates of delayed-onset (present on follow-up assessment only) cough, phlegm, shortness of breath, and wheeze were 21%, 21.9%, 31.7%, and 17.3%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Most of the lower respiratory symptoms increased between 1 month and 19 months after 9/11.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318032256e
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318032256e
M3 - Article
C2 - 17351517
AN - SCOPUS:33947174587
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 49
SP - 310
EP - 317
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 3
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