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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Cognitive Function among World Trade Center-Exposed Community Members with Mental Health Symptoms.

Rebecca Rosen, Yongzhao Shao, Qiao Zhang, Jia Bao, Yian Zhang, Arjun Masurkar, Thomas Wisniewski, Nina Urban, Joan Reibman

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rebecca RosenDepartment of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Yongzhao ShaoWorld Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health+Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Qiao ZhangWorld Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health+Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Jia BaoWorld Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health+Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9075-5084
Yian ZhangWorld Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health+Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Arjun MasurkarNYU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Thomas WisniewskiNYU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Nina UrbanDepartment of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Joan ReibmanWorld Trade Center Environmental Health Center, NYC Health+Hospitals, New York, NY 10016, USA.
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation · USAlzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation · US

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG066512 · NIA · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Mary Sherman Mittelman · 2020 to 2026
$28.4M
Transgenic/Behavior CoreP01AG060882 · NIA · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI SHAO, YONGZHAO · 2020 to 2024
$12.0M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG060882NIA NIH HHS P01AG060882NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066512NIA NIH HHS P30AG066512NIOSH CDC HHS U01 OH012486
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The World Trade Center Environmental Health Center (WTC EHC), is a federally designated clinical center of excellence for surveillance and treatment of WTC disaster exposed community members (WTC Survivors). Cognitive impairment (CI) has been extensively described in WTC responders and a concern for progressive impairment in all WTC disaster exposed groups has been raised. Cognitive status, however, has not been systematically characterized in the WTC Survivor population. We describe cognitive status in a subgroup of the Survivor population referred for mental health evaluation (N = 480) in the WTC EHC as measured by scores on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) instrument, and examine their association with WTC exposures and individual-level covariates including PTSD and depression screening inventory scores. In regression analyses, probable cognitive impairment (MoCA score < 26) was found in 59% of the study subjects and was significantly associated with age, race/ethnicity, education, income, depression and PTSD scores. Being caught in the dust cloud on 11 September 2011 was significantly associated with cognitive impairment even after controlling for the above. These data suggest an association with cognitive dysfunction in WTC Survivors with exposure to the toxic dust/fumes and psychological stress from the 9/11 terrorist attack and warrant further systematic study.

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DisastersSeptember 11 Terrorist AttacksStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticCognitionDustHumansMental HealthNew York CityDustcognitioncognitive impairmentMCIMoCAPTSDtoxin exposuretraumaWorld Trade Center

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PMID35329128
PMCPMC8948727
OpenAlexW4220990948

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