World Trade Center disaster: short- and medium-term health outcome

Abstract

Several studies related to September 11 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attack have been conducted in order to monitor physical and mental health in the population at risk in the short and medium term. In this paper the main health consequences in the exposed subjects 6 years after the disaster, including ocular, gastrointestinal, respiratory and psychological effects are described and discussed.

Keywords

• WTC
• cough
• bronchial hyperreactivity
• RADS
• Post-traumatic stress disorder