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All of the data, on both mental and physical health, does point to one conclusion, the experts said -- that workers will need to be monitored and tended to for decades to come.

"They are the people who put themselves at risk to help this country heal," Geyh said. "We should be vigilant to make sure that we understand what's going on with them."

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There's more on the health of Ground Zero workers at the World Trade Center Health Registry.

SOURCES: Jeanne Stellman, Ph.D., professor, preventive medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York City; Len Horovitz, M.D., pulmonary specialist, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Alison Geyh, Ph.D., assistant professor, department of environmental health sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Medicine, Baltimore; Sept. 7, 2007, The New York Times