To Mark the 20th Anniversary of 9/11: Long-Term Health Effects

Dear Colleagues,

The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is planning on publishing a Special Issue to mark the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11/2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. This is a follow-up of a 2019 Special Issue entitled “Long-Term Health Effects of the 9/11 Disaster”, which included 24 papers on this topic, and a 2020 Special Issue. We look forward to providing an additional opportunity for researchers to continue to document the long-term physical and mental health issues that plague people who were exposed to environmental pollutants and trauma related to the 9/11 disaster. The first aim of the second edition is to highlight research on non-rescue/recovery workers, which includes residents of downtown Manhattan, people who worked in the area on 9/11/2001, passersby, and people who were children on 9/11/2001, enrolled in schools, or school staff. The second aim includes a continued explication of the ongoing interactions between physical and mental health (especially PTSD), aging-related conditions, advances in the treatment of 9/11 conditions, the longitudinal course of previously reported conditions, and potential emerging conditions (e.g., heart disease, autoimmune diseases, cognitive impairment, cancer, and late sequelae). Quality of life, functioning, and unmet health care needs would also be in the purview of this Special Issue on the 9/11 disaster. The third aim includes the investigation of the occurrence and consequences of positive experiences related to the 9/11 disaster, such as post-traumatic growth.

Dr. Robert M. Brackbill
Dr. Howard E. Alper
Dr. Rachel Zeig-Owens
Guest Editors

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