Assessing September 11th Health Effects: What Should be Done? : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, October 28, 2003U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004 - 218 pages |
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... evaluation of current spending . There have been millions of dollars that have been spent and millions of dollars that have been allocated . Have they been allocated to the appropriate things ? And what are the needs that we need to ...
... evaluation of current spending . There have been millions of dollars that have been spent and millions of dollars that have been allocated . Have they been allocated to the appropriate things ? And what are the needs that we need to ...
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... evaluation when they came for screening . We have now seen over 8,000 men and women in our screening program and we now know that a substantial number of World Trade Center responders have developed upper and lower res- piratory ...
... evaluation when they came for screening . We have now seen over 8,000 men and women in our screening program and we now know that a substantial number of World Trade Center responders have developed upper and lower res- piratory ...
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... evaluation or treatment for WTC - related health conditions among workers and volunteers involved in rescue and recovery efforts at the WTC disaster , and still no plan has been developed for community residents or other workers from ...
... evaluation or treatment for WTC - related health conditions among workers and volunteers involved in rescue and recovery efforts at the WTC disaster , and still no plan has been developed for community residents or other workers from ...
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... evaluation ; approximately 1 in 5 of the sample reported symptoms consistent with post - traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ) . Most striking is the fact that a large proportion of this sample showed evidence ( either symptoms or abnormal ...
... evaluation ; approximately 1 in 5 of the sample reported symptoms consistent with post - traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ) . Most striking is the fact that a large proportion of this sample showed evidence ( either symptoms or abnormal ...
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... evaluation with us . We've now seen over 8000 men and women in our screening program , and the rates of persistent upper and lower respiratory symptoms remain very high , more than 2 years after the terrible events of 9/11 and the ...
... evaluation with us . We've now seen over 8000 men and women in our screening program , and the rates of persistent upper and lower respiratory symptoms remain very high , more than 2 years after the terrible events of 9/11 and the ...
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Page 108 - CDC's mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury and disability.
Page 8 - CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, DC ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts JIM TURNER, Texas THOMAS H.
Page 12 - Mr. TOWNS. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Let me begin by thanking you and all my colleagues for holding this very important hearing.
Page 8 - Ex OFFICIO HENRY A. WAXMAN, California LAWRENCE J. HALLORAN, Staff Director and Counsel KRISTINE MCELROY, Professional Staff Member JASON CHUNG, Clerk DAVID RAPALLO, Minority Counsel...
Page 11 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, EMERGING THREATS, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:15 pm, in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 107 - Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives...
Page 53 - Impact of the September llth Attacks in New York City on Drug Users: A Preliminary Assessment." Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 79, no. 3 (2002): 409-12. Edelman, P., et al. "Biomonitoring of Chemical Exposure among New York City Firefighters Responding to the World Trade Center Fire and Collapse.
Page 108 - Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Page 165 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. SHAYS. I thank the gentleman. At this time the Chair would recognize Mr.
Page 61 - I would like to thank the Chair and the members of the subcommittee for even letting a Senator come into this hearing.