The overall goal of this study is to identify the early manifestations of lung disease among the World Trade Center (WTC) workers and volunteers, as well as investigate their risk factors. The study team will perform standardized and computer-assisted readings of all chest CT scans received by WTC workers and volunteers at the Mount Sinai Medical Center since January 2003; assess the findings in a systematic way; evaluate the correlation of findings with clinical, functional, and exposure indicators; and develop a protocol for continued radiological surveillance of this cohort.
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de la Hoz RE, Liu X, Doucette JT et al. 2018. Increased Airway Wall Thickness is Associated with Adverse Longitudinal First-Second Forced Expiratory Volume Trajectories of Former World Trade Center workers. Lung. 196(4):481-489.
de la Hoz RE, Weber J, Xu D, Doucette JT, Liu X, Carson DA, Celedon JC. 2018. Chest CT scan findings in World Trade Center workers. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health. 12: 1–20.
