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- Title
Exposure to the World Trade Center attack and the use of cigarettes and alcohol among New York City public high-school students.
- Authors
Wu, Ping; Duarte, Cristiane S; Mandell, Donald J; Fan, Bin; Liu, Xinhua; Fuller, Cordelia J; Musa, George; Cohen, Michael; Cohen, Patricia; Hoven, Christina W
- Abstract
We examined exposure to the World Trade Center attack and changes in cigarette smoking and drinking among 2731 New York City public high-school students evaluated 6 months after the attack. Increased drinking was associated with direct exposure to the World Trade Center attack (P < .05). Increased smoking was not directly associated with exposure to the World Trade Center attack but was marginally significantly associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (P= .06). Our findings suggest that targeted substance-use interventions for youths may be warranted after large-scale disasters.
- Publication
American journal of public health, 2006, Vol 96, Issue 5, p804
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2004.058925