Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, long-term follow-up of people exposed to the disaster offers important lessons for managing chronic disease in disaster-exposed populations, according to a review published in JAMA.
The review is based on data from the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program, which was launched in 2011 to evaluate the health outcomes of those affected.
“The WTC Health Program has evolved into a national model for longitudinal care and surveillance of disaster-exposed populations," John Howard, MD, director of CDC's National Institute for Occupational