TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuropathic Symptoms in World Trade Center Disaster Survivors and Responders
AU - Wilkenfeld, Marc
AU - Fazzari, Melissa
AU - Segelnick, Jacqueline
AU - Stecker, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Objective: The objective of this research is to determine whether responders and survivors of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster experience symptoms of neuropathy at a rate higher than those not exposed. Methods: A survey of neuropathic symptoms in patients who were and were not exposed at the WTC based upon the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI). Results: Even after correction for medical comorbidities, age, and depression, neuropathic symptoms are much more common in those exposed to WTC dust and increase with increasing exposure. Conclusions: This study provides evidence that exposure to WTC dust is associated with neuropathic symptoms.
AB - Objective: The objective of this research is to determine whether responders and survivors of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster experience symptoms of neuropathy at a rate higher than those not exposed. Methods: A survey of neuropathic symptoms in patients who were and were not exposed at the WTC based upon the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI). Results: Even after correction for medical comorbidities, age, and depression, neuropathic symptoms are much more common in those exposed to WTC dust and increase with increasing exposure. Conclusions: This study provides evidence that exposure to WTC dust is associated with neuropathic symptoms.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000619
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000619
M3 - Article
C2 - 26618530
AN - SCOPUS:84958762413
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 58
SP - 83
EP - 86
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 1
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