Lung function in rescue workers at the World Trade Center after 7 years.

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Published in N Engl J Med on April 08, 2010

Authors

Thomas K Aldrich1, Jackson Gustave, Charles B Hall, Hillel W Cohen, Mayris P Webber, Rachel Zeig-Owens, Kaitlyn Cosenza, Vasilios Christodoulou, Lara Glass, Fairouz Al-Othman, Michael D Weiden, Kerry J Kelly, David J Prezant

Author Affiliations

1: Pulmonary Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.

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