In 2002, the World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR) was established in New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to monitor the health of people directly exposed to the 9/11 attacks in NYC. The WTCHR monitors the short and long-term (20+ years) physical and mental health conditions caused by the terrorist attacks among exposed responders and civilian survivor populations. Enrollees include rescue, recovery, and clean-up workers; residents of lower Manhattan; people who worked in the office buildings and businesses in the affected area; passersby, and children enrolled in schools in lower Manhattan at the time of the
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