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The World Trade Center Health Program: an introduction to best practices

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Figure 1. New York City (NYC) response area used to determine enrollment eligibility for responders to the 9/11 attacks — World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program. Note that the response area also includes WTC-related locations not shown, such as certain barge loading piers and the Staten Island Landfill, and vehicle maintenance areas. Responders are persons who were involved in rescue, response, recovery, clean-up, and related support activities after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Source: Azofeifa et al.Citation14

Figure 1. New York City (NYC) response area used to determine enrollment eligibility for responders to the 9/11 attacks — World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program. Note that the response area also includes WTC-related locations not shown, such as certain barge loading piers and the Staten Island Landfill, and vehicle maintenance areas. Responders are persons who were involved in rescue, response, recovery, clean-up, and related support activities after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.Source: Azofeifa et al.Citation14

Figure 2. New York City (NYC) disaster area used to determine enrollment eligibility for survivors of the 9/11 attacks — World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program. The NYC disaster area for the WTC Health Program is defined as the area in Manhattan south of Houston Street and any block in Brooklyn wholly or partially contained within a 1.5-mile radius of the former WTC complex. Survivors are defined as persons who were present in the dust or dust cloud on 9/11 or who worked, lived, or attended school, child care centers, or adult day care centers in the NYC disaster area.

Source: Azofeifa et al.Citation14

Figure 2. New York City (NYC) disaster area used to determine enrollment eligibility for survivors of the 9/11 attacks — World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program. The NYC disaster area for the WTC Health Program is defined as the area in Manhattan south of Houston Street and any block in Brooklyn wholly or partially contained within a 1.5-mile radius of the former WTC complex. Survivors are defined as persons who were present in the dust or dust cloud on 9/11 or who worked, lived, or attended school, child care centers, or adult day care centers in the NYC disaster area.Source: Azofeifa et al.Citation14

Table 1. Organizations and websites that provide updated WTC research.

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