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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2009;301(22):2318.

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A House subcommittee hearing held April 22 provided a platform for advocates of a bill addressing health issues caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009 (HR 847 [http://thomas.loc.gov]), introduced February 4, would amend existing legislation to provide medical monitoring and treatment for those exposed to toxins released by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers in New York City. The bill also would provide compensation for economic losses due to illnesses or injuries related to the attacks.

At the hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, Jacqueline Moline, MD, director of the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, said institutions such as hers, which treat those affected by the attacks, needed the legislation to treat the long-term consequences . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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