Cohort Profile: World Trade Center Health Program General Responder Cohort
Cohort Profile: World Trade Center Health Program General Responder Cohort
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DOI:
10.1093/ije/dyv099
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发表时间:
2017-04-01
影响因子:
7.7
通讯作者:
Todd, Andrew C.
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作者:
Dasaro, Christopher R.;Holden, William L.;Todd, Andrew C.
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. 1–4 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