Cohort Profile: World Trade Center Health Program General Responder Cohort

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• Personal Author:
  Berman KD ; Crane MA ; Dasaro CR ; Holden WL ; Kaplan JR ; Lucchini RG ; Luft BJ ; Moline JM ; Teitelbaum SL ; Tirunagari US ; Todd AC ; Udasin IG ; Weiner JH ; Zigrossi PA
• Description:
  Why was the cohort set up? The World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) General Responder Cohort (the cohort) consists of workers and volunteers who were part of the rescue and recovery effort that followed the 11 September 2001 attack on the World Trade Center towers. Fire Department of New York (FDNY) and Pentagon and Shanksville responders are not included in this cohort but are covered by other similar programmes. This self-selected, open, de facto cohort began to form within a month of 9/11when the rescue and recovery workers began presenting with a variety of respiratory complaints at Mount Sinai's Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine. In 2002, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) provided funds to provide a one-time medical evaluation, and support for physical and mental health treatment came from philanthropic sources. NIOSH also provided funding, in 2004, for additional medical evaluations and, in 2006, for treatment of both physical and mental health conditions. With the passing of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, 5 more years of medical monitoring and treatment were provided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cohort Studies Emergency Responders Firefighters Lung Diseases Mental Health Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Cohort Studies Fire Fighters Medical Treatment Mental Stress Physiological Effects Psychological Effects Pulmonary System Disorders Rescue Workers Respiratory System Disorders Treatment Workers World Trade Center WTC

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• ISSN:
  0300-5771
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050851
• Citation:
  Int J Epidemiol 2017 Apr; 46(2):e9
• Contact Point Address:
  Christopher R Dasaro, Data Analysis Core, WTC Health Program - Data Center, Department of Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 345 E 102nd St. Suite 202, New York, NY 10029
• Email:
  christopher.dasaro@mssm.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040601
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Epidemiology
• End Date:
  20100531
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4133029dc47e0b4274f390f0b8d6a8c026579cecb9b616b33c3fcdb6a45d6037aea21348cb130d50d215cbe4bef0591fd36cfaf34ff1ded91fc98539c6e67bc3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211051/cdc_211051_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 292.86 KB ]