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World Trade Center Health Registry Quarterly Report

New York City Government Report

By: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)

Date: May 13, 2004

Source: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

About the Author: In 2003, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) began to recruit people that had lived and worked in Lower Manhattan during and after the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001, to participate in a long-term study of health effects: the World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR).

INTRODUCTION

Persistent smoke and fumes from the nation's longest burning commercial fire contaminated the...