2025
Sinusitis and rhinitis among US veterans deployed to Southwest Asia and Afghanistan after September 11, 2001
Maccarone J, Redlich C, Timmons A, Korpak 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, Wendt C, Wongtrakool C, Wan E, Blanc P, Garshick E. Sinusitis and rhinitis among US veterans deployed to Southwest Asia and Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology Global 2025, 4: 100367. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacig.2024.100367.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOdds ratioIncreased risk of rhinitisVeterans Affairs (VA) medical centersExposure categoriesInterviewer-administered questionnaireRisk of rhinitisPost-9/11 veteransPost-deployment veteransPost-deploymentAssociated with rhinitisDeployment-related exposuresDeployment exposuresSelf-reportLogistic regressionVeteransMedical CenterIncreased riskSmokingParticipantsClinical evaluationOrdinal scoresPost-9/11Duration of exposureRhinitisToxicant exposure
2024
Deployment-related Cigarette Smoking Behaviors and Pulmonary Function Among U.S. Veterans
Maccarone J, Sterns O, Timmons A, Korpak A, Smith N, Nakayama K, Baird C, Ciminera P, Kheradmand F, Fan V, Hart J, Koutrakis P, Jerrett M, Kuschner W, Ioachimescu O, Montgrain P, Proctor S, Redlich C, Wendt C, Blanc P, Garshick E, Wan E. Deployment-related Cigarette Smoking Behaviors and Pulmonary Function Among U.S. Veterans. Military Medicine 2024, 189: 2030-2038. PMID: 38536226, DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usae049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPack-yearsEver-smokersMultivariable linear regression models assessed associationsLinear regression models assessed associationsRegression models assessed associationsVeterans Affairs sitesModels assessed associationsPost-9/11 veteransLand-based deploymentsPack-years smokingEffects of smokingPulmonary functionCigarette smoking behaviorDeployed veteransInverse associationSmoking intensityLevels of ambient particulate matterSmoking behaviorU.S. veteransVeteransSmokingCigarette smokingAmbient particulate matterMultiple deploymentsFEV1%-predicted