The World Trade Center Health Program: Petitions for Adding Qualifying Health Conditions

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• Personal Author:
  Bilics JA ; Carreón T ; Daniels, Robert D. ; Howard J ; Reissman, Dori B.
• Description:
  The federally mandated World Trade Center Health Program provides limited health benefits for qualifying health conditions related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A qualifying health condition is an illness or health condition for which the member's exposure to airborne toxins, any other hazard, or any other adverse condition resulting from the 9/11 terrorist attacks is considered substantially likely to be a significant factor in aggravating, contributing to, or causing the illness or health condition. These qualifying health conditions are listed in federal regulations. The regulations also provide a process for amending this list. This commentary describes the methods developed for adding health conditions to the list of qualifying health conditions and discusses changes to the list that have occurred during the Program's 2011-2020 period. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Firefighters Hazardous Substances Mental Health Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Neoplasms Nervous System Occupational Health Particulate Matter Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks

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• Keywords:
  Airborne Dusts Airborne Particulates Cancer Disaster Clean-up Disaster Recovery Disaster Sites Emergency Responders Exposure Levels Fire Fighters First Responders Hazards Health Care Health Effects Mental Health Monitoring Systems MSD Musculoskeletal Disorders Musculoskeletal System Disorders Post-traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Risk Factors Terrorism Toxins World Trade Center WTC

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WTCHP - World Trade Center Health Program ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062923
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2021 Oct; 64(10):885-892
• Contact Point Address:
  Robert D. Daniels, 1090 Tusculum Ave, Mailstop MS R-12, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  rtd2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2dc4392172ebc78cd61c14cb5bee1ad9b6968b9a449303c680e0221fde8e39d2e94b2bc00f6c4950e65ab179d5ad15ec267500ccb64a5f16ec5cc02afa991878
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226090/cdc_226090_DS1.pdf
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