Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in WTC Workers – Diagnoses and Transitions


Project Number
U01 OH011697-01
Institution
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Fiscal Year Awarded
2018
Project Duration
3 years

Description

Utilizing an extensive amount of qualitative and quantitative imaging, clinical, and functional data, the overall goal of this study is to characterize the transitions over time into chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among former workers and volunteers at the WTC disaster site, and examine the progression of the diagnosis, their radiographic imaging correlates, and the contribution of work-related exposures to disease causation.

Publications

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Principal Investigator: Rafael E. de la Hoz, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Rafael.delaHoz@mssm.edu
212-241-8871