Air Pollution Exposure and the Development of Chronic Rhinosinusitis in the Active Duty Population
Abstract
It has been shown that combat environment exposure, including burn pits that produce particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), is associated with lower respiratory tract disease in the military population with increased hypothetical risk of upper respiratory disease, but no study has been done that examines the effects of non-combat environmental exposures on the development of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in the active duty population. The primary goal of this study is to evaluate how air pollution exposure correlates to the development of CRS in active duty service members in the United States.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 07, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1093/milmed/usab535
Entities
People
- Michael I Orestes
- Murugappan Ramanathan
- Shyam Biswal
- Sorana Raiculescu
- Trevor Elam
- Zhenyu Zhang
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences