World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers: Cancer Increases Are Beginning to Emerge

Affiliations

¹ College of Health and Public Service, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
² Diet, Genes, and Environment section, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Editorial

Julia E Heck et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 7;114(2):172-173.

doi: 10.1093/jnci/djab164.

¹ College of Health and Public Service, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
² Diet, Genes, and Environment section, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Cancer Incidence in World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers: 14 Years of Follow-Up.
Li J, Yung J, Qiao B, Takemoto E, Goldfarb DG, Zeig-Owens R, Cone JE, Brackbill RM, Farfel MR, Kahn AR, Schymura MJ, Shapiro MZ, Dasaro CR, Todd AC, Kristjansson D, Prezant DJ, Boffetta P, Hall CB. Li J, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 Feb 7;114(2):210-219. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djab165. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022. PMID: 34498043 Free PMC article.

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