Understanding the Various World Trade Center Monitoring Programs
In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) several different institutions established monitoring programs to track the health effects of the disaster on people who were the most seriously affected. Eligibility for these monitoring programs is based on a number of factors including the role people played in the disaster response and their location on September 11, 2001, and afterward. Many people in these programs now live in other areas of the country.
A significant number of people enrolled in more than one monitoring program which has caused confusion. The snapshots below are intended to help people remember in which program they enrolled. More comprehensive information about each of the programs can be found by following the links provided. Each of the programs listed below is engaged in multiple specific research studies to better understand the health implications of 9/11.
| New York/New Jersey WTC Clinical Consortium |
| at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York University/Bellevue Hospital, Queens College and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey |
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As of December 2010, 33,311 people were enrolled, including 8,411 who received treatment in the previous 12 months. Enrollment is open
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| Who is Eligible: |
Workers and volunteers who responded to the WTC disaster
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| Contact: |
888-982-4748 or
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/wtc/responder.html
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| World Trade Center Environmental Health Center |
at Bellevue Hospital Center, Gouverneur Health Care Services and Elmhurst
Hospital Center. |
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As of December 2010, 5,130 people were enrolled, including 2,520 who received treatment in the previous 12 months. Enrollment is open
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| Who is Eligible: |
People who lived in lower Manhattan and areas of Brooklyn
Students in a school in the area
People working in the area
People involved in debris removal and clean-up
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| Contact: |
877-982-0107 or
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/wtc/survivor.html
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| World Trade Center Health Registry |
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71,437 people enrolled; enrollment ended November 2004
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| Who’s Enrolled: |
Building occupants and passers by south of Chambers Street on 9/11/01
Building residents living south of Canal Street on 9/11/01
Children and staff of schools south of Canal Street on 9/11/01
Rescue, recovery, clean up workers and volunteers at the WTC Site, WTC Recovery Operations site on Staten Island, or the barges during the period 9/11/01 to 6/30/02.
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| Contact: |
347-396-2801 or 866-692-9827 or wtchr@health.nyc.gov |
