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    :: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 ::

    WTC First Responders, Ironworkers Hit Hard With Respiratory Problems By Sandy Smith, occupationalhazards.com
    Researchers from New York and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that arrival time and length of exposure to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster were significant predictors of respiratory symptoms and lung function decline among firefighters, while another group of researchers found that ironworkers present at the WTC demonstrated a high incidence of respiratory symptoms.
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