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Author
Samet, J. M. | Geyh, A. S. | Utell, M. J.
Title
Legacy of World Trade Center Dust.
Coporate
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Univ., NY
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 356, No. 22, 2233-2236, May 31,2007
Keywords
World Trade Center | fire fighters | first responders | health hazards | risks | hazardous materials | debris | toxicity | asbestos | toxic gases | risk assessment | respiratory systems | cleaning | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | inhalation | exposure | inhalation toxicity
Identifiers
World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; uncertainty and controversy remain about the health risks posed by inhaling the dust from the collapse; risks posed by exposure to airborne particles; "World Trade Center cough"; bronchial hyperreactivity