title: Asthma among Staten Island fresh kills landfill and barge workers following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attacks.
abstract: Although airborne respiratory irritants at the World Trade Center (WTC) site have been associated with asthma among WTC Ground Zero workers, little is known about asthma associated with work at the Staten Island landfill or barges.
  
  
  
  To evaluate the risk of asthma first diagnosed among Staten Island landfill and barge workers, we conducted a survey and multivariable logistic regression analysis regarding the association between Staten Island landfill and barge-related work exposures and the onset of post-9/11 asthma.
  
  
  
  Asthma newly diagnosed between September 11, 2001 and December 31, 2004 was reported by 100/1,836 (5.4%) enrollees. Jobs involving sifting, digging, welding, and steel cutting, enrollees with high landfill/barge exposure index scores or who were police and sanitation workers, and enrollees with probable posttraumatic stress disorder all had increased odds ratios for new-onset asthma.
  
  
  
  Post-9/11 asthma cumulative incidence among Staten Island landfill/barge workers was similar to that of other WTC disaster rescue and recovery workers. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:795-804, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors: World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York.
authors: James E
authors: JE
authors: Cone
authors: World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York.
authors: Sukhminder
authors: S
authors: Osahan
authors: Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors: Christine C
authors: CC
authors: Ekenga
authors: World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York.
authors: Sara A
authors: SA
authors: Miller-Archie
authors: World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York.|Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, New York.
authors: Steven D
authors: SD
authors: Stellman
authors: World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York.
authors: Monique
authors: M
authors: Fairclough
authors: World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York.
authors: Stephen M
authors: SM
authors: Friedman
authors: World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York.
authors: Mark R
authors: MR
authors: Farfel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004391:Dust; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D019570:Inhalation Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D035846:Law Enforcement; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries; D047851:September 11 Terrorist Attacks; D012767:Ships; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology; D064091:Waste Disposal Facilities; D014896:Welding; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004391:Dust
keywords: World Trade Center; occupational asthma; reactive airways dysfunction syndrome