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
Characterization of Non-deployment-related Military Occupational and Environmental Inhalational Exposures and Their Association With Chronic Respiratory Health Outcomes Among US Veterans
Hosseini R, Blanc P, Garshick E, Timmons A, Korpak A, Slade M, Smith N, Nakayama K, Baird C, Ciminera P, Kheradmand F, Fan V, Wongtrakool C, Hart J, Kuschner W, Ioachimescu O, Montgrain P, Proctor S, Wendt C, Wan E, Redlich C. Characterization of Non-deployment-related Military Occupational and Environmental Inhalational Exposures and Their Association With Chronic Respiratory Health Outcomes Among US Veterans. 2024, a2881-a2881. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a2881.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeployment-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
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