Case Report: Lung Disease in World Trade Center Responders Exposed to Dust and Smoke: Carbon Nanotubes Found in the Lungs of World Trade Center Patients and Dust Samples | Zendy

Maoxin Wu | Zendy; Ronald E. Gordon | Zendy; Robin Herbert | Zendy; María L. Padilla | Zendy; Jacqueline Moline | Zendy; David S. Mendelson | Zendy; Virginia R. Litle | Zendy; William D. Travis | Zendy; Joan Gil | Zendy

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Case Report: Lung Disease in World Trade Center Responders Exposed to Dust and Smoke: Carbon Nanotubes Found in the Lungs of World Trade Center Patients and Dust Samples

Author(s) -

Maoxin Wu,

Ronald E. Gordon,

Robin Herbert,

María L. Padilla,

Jacqueline Moline,

David S. Mendelson,

Virginia R. Litle,

William D. Travis,

Joan Gil

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0901159

Subject(s) - world trade center , medicine , lung , interstitial lung disease , asbestos , pathology , histopathology , materials science , metallurgy , history , archaeology , terrorism

After the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) on 11 September 2001, a dense cloud of dust containing high levels of airborne pollutants covered Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, New York. Between 60,000 and 70,000 responders were exposed. Many reported adverse health effects.

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