World Trade Center Pulmonary Diseases and Multi-Organ System Manifestations

Knowledge of the medical ramifications from the World Trade Center collapse has broad scientific applicability to occupational and environmental medicine, preventive medicine, and epidemiology. Leading experts consider both short and long term effects on survivors, first responders, and residents of surrounding areas and offer clinical practice guidelines for treatment. Respiratory complications are the most obvious manifestation, but the text additionally covers oncology, psychiatry, and other organ systems for both adults and children. With the a

Respiratory complications are the most obvious manifestation, but the text additionally covers oncology, psychiatry, and other organ systems for both adults and children. This book addresses the pulmonary and non-pulmonary manifestations related to exposure to airborne hazards after the collapse of the World Trade Center. This book will prove useful to pulmonologists, primary care providers, epidemiologists, psychiatrists, occupational and environmental specialists, allergists, immunologists, toxicologists and public policy experts.. Leading experts consider both short and long term effects on survivors, first responders, and residen

Anthony M. College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook. FACAAI, FAAAAI, FACPHofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NYColumbia University Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Epidemiology Group, NY, NYStony Brook University Department of Technology and Society. Szema, MD, FCCP. NYThree Village Allergy and Asthma, PLLC, South Setauket, NY