All-cause and cause-specific mortality in a cohort of WTC-exposed and non-WTC-exposed firefighters.
Ankura SinghRachel Zeig-OwensMadeline CannonMayris P WebberDavid G GoldfarbRobert Douglas DanielsDavid J PrezantPaolo BoffettaCharles B HallPublished in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2023)
Both firefighter cohorts had lower than expected all-cause mortality. Fifteen years post 11 September 2001, mortality was lower in WTC-exposed versus non-WTC-exposed firefighters. Lower mortality in the WTC-exposed suggests not just a healthy worker effect, but additional factors such as greater access to free health monitoring and treatment that they receive via the WTCHP.