Occupational Exposures and Computed Tomographic Imaging Characteristics in the SPIROMICS Cohort.
Laura M PaulinBenjamin M SmithAbby KochMeiLan HanEric A HoffmanCarlos MartinezChinedu EjikePaul D BlancJennifer RousR Graham BarrStephen P PetersRobert PaineCheryl PirozziChristopher B CooperMark T DransfieldAlejandro P ComellasRichard E KannerM Bradley DrummondNirupama PutchaNadia N HanselPublished in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2019)
In an analysis of SPIROMICS participants, we found that VGDF exposure in the longest job was associated with an increase in emphysema, and in large- and small-airway disease, as measured by quantitative CT imaging.