Medical Screening for World Trade Center Workers and Volunteers
On September 11th and the months that followed, thousands of construction workers, including many BAC members, helped with the rescue, recovery and clean-up efforts at the World Trade Center. Since then, many of these workers have experienced health problems, and future health effects remain unknown. That’s why it is critical for anyone that was involved in this effort to take part in the free and confidential World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program.
The program includes:
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Comprehensive medical screening examination |
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Questions related to work and medical history |
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Physical examination by physician |
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Complete blood count, routine blood chemistries and urinalysis |
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Breathing tests |
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Chest x-ray |
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Evaluation of stress-related effects |
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Referrals for follow-up care |
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Information about specific WTC exposures and possible risks to your health |
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Information about benefits and entitlement programs |
Each participant will receive a confidential written report of his/her examination that will not be shared with any other person without the participant’s written consent.
The program is being directed by The Mount Sinai Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, in partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. For more information call the World Trade Center Medical Screening Program Hotline at 1-888-702-0630 or log onto www.WTCexams.org.
Examination Locations:
Manhattan:
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Mount Sinai Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine |
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Bellevue/NYU Occupational & Environmental Medicine Clinic |
Queens:
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Queens College Center for the Biology of Natural Systems |
Long Island:
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SUNY Stony Brook/L.I. Occupational & Environmental Health Center (with various examination sites in Nassau and Suffolk Counties) |
Westchester (Yonkers):
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Mount Sinai Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine/Hudson Valley Division of St. John’s Riverside Hospital |
New Jersey (Piscataway):
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UMDNJ Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Institute |
National:
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Screening examinations are offered throughout the United States through the Association of Occupational and Environmental Health Clinics |
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