Physical injuries and fatalities resulting from the Oklahoma City bombing

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OBJECTIVE:

To provide an epidemiologic description of physical injuries and fatalities resulting from the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

DESIGN AND SETTING:

Descriptive epidemiologic study of all persons injured by the bombing and of all at-risk occupants of the federal building and 4 adjacent buildings. Data were gathered from hospital emergency and medical records departments, medical examiner records, and surveys of area physicians, building occupants, and survivors.

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Psychological response to the Oklahoma City bombing

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Long-term psychological effects of natural disasters

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Characteristics of emergency services personnel related to peritraumatic dissociation during critical incident exposure

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OBJECTIVE:

The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of emergency services personnel related to acute dissociative responses at the time of critical incident exposure, a phenomenon designated "peritraumatic dissociation."

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Assessment and prediction of stress-related growth

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Predictors of persistent palpitations and continued medical utilization

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<h4>BACKGROUND:</h4>

<p>The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of persistent palpitations and continued medical utilization in a sample of medical patients referred for ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring.</p>

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Occurrence, recognition, and outcome of psychological disorders in primary care

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The authors' goal was to cross-validate the earlier finding of the Groningen Primary Care Study that recognition of psychological disorders was associated with better patient outcomes.

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Preliminary report of psychiatric disorders in survivors of a severe earthquake

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OBJECTIVE:

The authors' goal was to study psychiatric morbidity after a natural disaster in rural India.

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The risk of cancer in firefighters

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A substantial body of literature now exists on the carcinogenic hazards of firefighting. The authors discuss in detail the data on the carcinogens benzene, asbestos, PAHS, formaldehyde, and diesel exhaust, and they go on to examine the prevalent cancers in firefighters, including leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and cancer of the brain and bladder.

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Pulmonary effects of firefighting

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The authors examine the acute and chronic effects of exposure to smoke among firefighters and look at mortality studies for the risk of death due to nonmalignant respiratory disease and lung cancer.

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