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
Respiratory Health after Military Service in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report
Garshick E, Abraham JH, Baird CP, Ciminera P, Downey GP, Falvo MJ, Hart JE, Jackson DA, Jerrett M, Kuschner W, Helmer DA, Jones KD, Krefft SD, Mallon T, Miller RF, Morris MJ, Proctor SP, Redlich CA, Rose CS, Rull RP, Saers J, Schneiderman AI, Smith NL, Yiallouros P, Blanc PD. Respiratory Health after Military Service in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2019, 16: e1-e16. PMID: 31368802, PMCID: PMC6774741, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201904-344ws.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsConstrictive bronchiolitisAirway diseaseRespiratory healthOfficial American Thoracic Society Workshop ReportRespiratory tract findingsRespiratory tract abnormalitiesAdverse health conditionsParticulate matter effectsU.S. military personnelLung biopsyLung functionPulmonary functionCase seriesPathologic findingsTract abnormalitiesInhalational exposurePhysiologic changesClinical characterizationAmerican Thoracic Society International ConferenceEpidemiologic studiesBronchiolitisLongitudinal assessmentDeployment exposuresHealth conditionsMore frequent encounters