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World Trade Center Health Program best practices for diagnosing and treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

James E. Conea World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2145-1348View further author information
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Rafael E. de la Hozb Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 229-231 | Received 26 Sep 2022, Accepted 04 Nov 2022, Published online: 15 Nov 2022

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