Citation

Wilkenfeld M, Fazzari M, Segelnick J, Stecker M. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2015; 58(1): 83-86.

Affiliation

Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine (Dr Wilkenfeld); Department of Biostatistics, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola; New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury (Ms Segelnick); and Department of Neuroscience, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York (Dr Stecker).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/JOM.0000000000000619

PMID

26618530

Abstract

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.

Language: en