Air Pollution and Particulate Matter: Implications in Upper Airway Disease
Air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health. There is growing evidence that exposure to air pollution increases the risk of upper airway inflammatory disease including allergic and non-allergic rhinitis, and chronic rhinosinusitis. Recent improvement in air pollution measurement, including wearable pollution monitors, may improve our understanding of patient exposures. In this piece, we summarize salient literature and interventions.
Authors
- Regan W. Bergmark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3249-4343)
- Warren Mullings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1403-559X)
- Kent Lam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1835-5390)
- Mohamad R. Chaaban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4914-5302)
- Murugappan Ramanathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7612-9586)
- Sandra Y. Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8959-1828)
- Paavali Hannikainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8957-8121)
- Jakob L. Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8896-671X)
- Chadi A. Makary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9967-4045)
- Stella E. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6563-6606)
- Alice Z. Maxfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2608-2094)
- Petru Filip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2076-7244)
- Omar G. Ahmed
- Elina Toskala
- Sean McKee
- P H Hwang
- Jivianne T Lee
- Jean Kim
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- West Virginia University (US)
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (US)
- University of Wisconsin System (US)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- Eastern Virginia Medical School (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Northwestern University (PH)
- Methodist Hospital (US)
- Kingston Hospital (GB)
- Northwestern Medicine (US)
- Old Dominion University (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.70127
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00