2023
Chronic respiratory symptoms following deployment-related occupational and environmental exposures among US veterans
Garshick E, Redlich C, Korpak A, Timmons A, Smith N, Nakayama K, Baird C, Ciminera P, Kheradmand F, Fan V, Hart J, Koutrakis P, Kuschner W, Ioachimescu O, Jerrett M, Montgrain P, Proctor S, Wan E, Wendt C, Wongtrakool C, Blanc P. Chronic respiratory symptoms following deployment-related occupational and environmental exposures among US veterans. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2023, 81: 59-65. PMID: 37968126, PMCID: PMC10872566, DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2023-109146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic respiratory symptomsRespiratory symptomsUS veteransPit smokeChronic bronchitisInhalational exposureInterviewer-administered questionnaireCross-sectional studySmoke exposureHeavy exposureVGDFDeployment exposuresSymptomsExposure itemsItem reductionEnvironmental exposuresScore incrementsWheezeBronchitisExposure frequencyVeteransExposureLogit linkMonthsSmoke
2019
The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement
Blanc PD, Annesi-Maesano I, Balmes JR, Cummings KJ, Fishwick D, Miedinger D, Murgia N, Naidoo RN, Reynolds CJ, Sigsgaard T, Torén K, Vinnikov D, Redlich CA. The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2019, 199: 1312-1334. PMID: 31149852, PMCID: PMC6543721, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201904-0717st.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsNonmalignant respiratory diseasesChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseasePopulation attributable fractionChronic respiratory diseasesRespiratory diseaseWorkplace exposuresPulmonary diseaseHypersensitivity pneumonitisAttributable fractionOccupational burdenOfficial American Thoracic SocietyEuropean Respiratory Society statementCommunity-acquired pneumoniaGranulomatous lung diseaseIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPopulation-based studyIncidence rate ratiosPulmonary alveolar proteinosisBurden of diseaseAmerican Thoracic SocietyWorking-age adultsPublic health awarenessAirway diseaseChronic bronchitis