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

TitleLung function in rescue workers at the World Trade Center after 7 years
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsAldrich, Thomas K., 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, and David J. Prezant
JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
Volume362
Issue14
Pagination1263-1272
ISSN0028-4793
AbstractLung function was measured in firefighters and emergency-medical-service workers who responded to the collapse of the World Trade Center towers in New York on September 11, 2001. There was initial marked loss in lung-function measures without substantial recovery during the following 7 years.
URLhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0910087
DOI10.1056/NEJMoa0910087
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