Chest CT Scan Findings in World Trade Center Workers

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• Alternative Title:
  Arch Environ Occup Health
• Personal Author:
  de la Hoz, Rafael E. ; Weber, Jonathan ; Xu, Dongming ; Doucette, John T. ; Liu, Xiaoyu ; Carson, Deborah A. ; Celedón, Juan C.
• Description:
  We examined the chest CT scans of 1,453 WTC responders using the International Classification of High-resolution CT for Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases. Univariate and bivariate analyses of potential work-related pleural abnormalities were performed with pre-WTC and WTC-related occupational exposure data, spirometry, demographics and quantitative CT measurements. Logistic regression was used to evaluate occupational predictors of those abnormalities. Chest CT scans were performed first at a median of 6.8 years after 9/11/2001. Pleural abnormalities were the most frequent (21.1%) across all occupational groups In multivariable analyses, significant pre-WTC occupational asbestos exposure, and work as laborer/cleaner were predictive of pleural abnormalities, with prevalence being highest for the Polish subgroup (n = 237) of our population. Continued occupational lung disease surveillance is warranted in this cohort.
• Subjects:
  Adult Construction Industry Female Humans Lung Lung Diseases Male Middle Aged New York City Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure September 11 Terrorist Attacks Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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• Keywords:
  Asbestos Lung Diseases Occupational Diseases Occupational Lung Disease Respiratory Diseases Workers
• Source:
  Arch Environ Occup Health. 74(5):263-270
• Pubmed ID:
  29543564
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6474817
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01 OH010401/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01OH010401/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  74
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:18c2c121790af9945962421f821cb559463db59981be3274126b80e27e98e2c7
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/77663/cdc_77663_DS1.pdf
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