War Related Illness and Injury Study Center

Environmental Exposures and Other Scientific Publications

• Aslaner DM, Saldaña TA, MacKenzie DM, O'Piela DR, Miller RA, Schwieterman NA, Falvo MJ, Gorr MW, Wold LE. Short-term PM exposure and social stress cause pulmonary and cardiac dysfunction.
  Toxicol Lett. 2022 Nov 1;370:66-73. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2022.09.006. Epub 2022 Sep 16.PMID: 36122649
• Falvo MJ, Sotolongo AM, Osterholzer JJ, Robertson MW, Kazerooni EA, Amorosa JK, Garshick E, Jones KD, Galvin JR, Kreiss K, Hines SE, Franks TJ, Miller RF, Rose CS, Arjomandi M, Krefft SD, Morris MJ, Polosukhin VV, Blanc PD, D'Armiento JM. Consensus Statements on Deployment-Related Respiratory Disease, Inclusive of Constrictive Bronchiolitis: A Modified Delphi Study.
  Chest. 2023 Mar;163(3):599-609. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.10.031. Epub 2022 Nov 4.PMID: 36343686
• Alexander T, Watson MA, Klein-Adams JC, Ndirangu DS, Serrador JM, Falvo MJ, Lindheimer JB. Deployed Veterans exhibit distinct respiratory patterns and greater dyspnea during maximal cardiopulmonary exercise: A case-control study.
  PLoS One. 2023 May 24;18(5):e0286015. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286015. eCollection 2023.PMID: 37224153
• Aslaner DM, Saldana TA, MacKenzie DM, O’Piela DR, Miller RA, Schwieterman NA, Falvo MJ, Gorr MW, Wold LE. Short-term PM exposure and social stress reduce pulmonary and cardiac function.
  Toxicol Lett. 2022 Sep 16;370:66-73. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2022.09.006.
• Therkorn JH, Qian W, Toto DR, Falvo MJ. An analysis of alternatives for forced oscillation technique session reporting and validation methods in healthy adults: within- and between-session analysis.
  Sci Rep. 2022 Jul 30;12(1):13119. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-17264-2.
• Therkorn JH, Hu S, Sotolongo AM, Christie IC, Wu TD, Van Doren WH, Siva Sai Sujith Sajja V, Jani N, Klein-Adams JC, Helmer DA, Falvo MJ. Relationship between clinician documented blast exposure and pulmonary function: A retrospective chart review from a national specialty clinic.
  Respir Res. 2022 Jun 10;23(1):153. doi: 10.1186/s12931-022-02071-0.*Equal Contribution.
• Ibraheem DL, Samy B, Therkorn JH, Falvo MJ. Beyond the expiratory limb: A complete raw spirometry dataset.
  Front Physiol. 2022 May 23;13:898831. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.898831.
• Davis CW, Lopez CL, Bell AJ, Miller RF, Rabin AS, Murray S, Falvo MJ, Han MK, Galban CJ, Osterholzer JJ. The severity of functional small airways disease in military personnel with constrictive bronchiolitis as measured by quantitative CT.
  Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 May 24. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202201-0153LE.
• Rabin A, Davis C, Sotolongo AM, Falvo MJ, Osterholzer JJ. Clinical Problem Solving: A burning question.
  N Engl J Med 2022;386:1352-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcps2119930.
• Qian W, Desai A, Therkorn JH, Klein-Adams JC, Sotolongo AM, Falvo MJ. Employing the Forced Oscillation Technique for the Assessment of Respiratory Mechanics in Adults.
  J Vis Exp. 2022 Feb 9;(180). doi: 10.3791/63165.
• Therkorn JH, Toto DR, Falvo MJ. A comparison of alternative selection methods for reporting spirometric parameters in healthy adults.
  Sci Rep. 2021 Jul 22;11(1):14945. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-94120-9.
• Qian W, Klein-Adams JC, Ndirangu DS, Chen Y, Falvo MJ*, Condon MR*. Hemorheological responses to an acute bout of maximal exercise in Veterans with Gulf War Illness.
  Life Sci. 2021 Sep 1;280:119714. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119714.
• Boruch AE, Lindheimer JB, Klein-Adams JC, Stegner AJ, Wylie GR, Ninneman JV, Alexander T, Gretzon NP, Samy B, Van Riper SM, Falvo MJ*, Cook DB*. Predicting post-exertional malaise in Gulf War Illness based on acute exercise responses.
  Life Sci. 2021 Sep 1;280:119701. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119701.
• Lindheimer JB, Alexander T, Qian W, Klein-Adams JC, Lange G, Natelson B, Cook DB, Hill HZ, Falvo MJ. Repeatability and clinically important changes in CPET parameters for detecting post-exertion malaise in fatiguing illnesses.
  Physiol Rep. 2020 Sep;8(17):e14564. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14564.
• Falvo MJ, Sotolongo AM, Osinubi OY, Helmer DA, Galvin JR, Franks TJ. Diagnostic workup of constrictive bronchiolitis in a deployed military veteran.
  Mil Med. 2020 Aug 6:usaa192. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaa192.
• Klein-Adams JC, Sotolongo AM, Serrador JM, Ndirangu DS, Falvo MJ. Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with Deployment-Related Exposures.
  Mil Med. 2020 Mar 2;185(3-4):e389-e396.
• Lindheimer JB, Stegner AJ, Wylie GR, Klein-Adams JC, Almassi NE, Ninneman JV, Van Riper SM, Dougherty RJ, Falvo MJ*, Cook DB*. Post-exertional malaise in veterans with Gulf War Illness.
  Int J Psychophysiol. 2020;147:202-12. Epub 2019/12/02. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.11.008.
• Lindheimer JB, Cook DB, Klein-Adams JC, Qian W, Hill HZ, Lange G, Ndirangu DS, Wylie GR, Falvo MJ. Veterans with Gulf War Illness exhibit distinct respiratory patterns during maximal cardiopulmonary exercise.
  PloS One. 2019 Nov 1;14(11):e0224833.
• Garshick E, Abraham JH, Baird CP, Ciminera P, Downey G, Falvo MJ, Hart JE, Jackson DA, Jerrett M, Kuschner W, Helmer DA, Jones KD, Krefft SD, Mallon T, Miller RF, Morris MJ, Proctor S, Redlich CA, Rose C, Saers J, Schneiderman AI, Smith NL, Yiallouros P, Blanc P. Respiratory health after military service in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.
  Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Aug;16(8):e1-e16. Doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201904-344WS.
• Lindheimer JB, Stenger AJ, Ellingson LD, VanRiper SM, Dougherty RJ, Falvo MJ, Cook DB. The influence of pain anticipation on nocebo hyperalgesia in Gulf War Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain.
  Psychophysiology. 2019 Dec;56(12):e13452. Doi: 10.1111/psyp.13452. Epub 2019 Aug 20.
• Rusiecki JA, Denic-Roberts H, Thomas DL, Collen J, Barrett J, Christenbury K, Engel LS. (2022). Incidence of chronic respiratory conditions among oil spill responders: Five years of follow-up in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Coast Guard Cohort study.
  Environmental research. 2022 Jan 1;203:111824.*
• Tanwar V, Adelstein JM, Grimmer JA, Youtz DJ, Katapadi A, Sugar BP, Falvo MJ, Baer LA, Stanford KI, Wold LE (2018). Preconception Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Leads to Cardiac Dysfunction in Adult Male Offspring.
  J Am Heart Assoc. 7(24):e010797. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.010797. Erratum in: J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Apr 16;8(8):e002293.*
• Falvo MJ, Helmer DA, Klein JC, Osinubi OY, Ndirangu D, Patrick-DeLuca LA, Sotolongo AM. Isolated diffusing capacity reduction is a common clinical presentation in deployed Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with deployment-related environmental exposures.
  Clin Respir J. 2018 Feb;12(2):795-798.*
• Sandroff BM, Wylie GR, Sutton BP, Johnson CL, DeLuca J, Motl RW. Treadmill walking exercise training and brain function in multiple sclerosis: Preliminary evidence setting the stage for a network-based approach to rehabilitation.
  Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2018 Feb 21;4(1):2055217318760641. *
• Gorr MW, Falvo MJ, Wold LE. Air Pollution and Other Environmental Modulators of Cardiac Function.
  Compr Physiol. 2017 Sep 12;7(4):1479-1495.*
• Chen Y, Hill HZ, Lange G, Falvo MJ. Salivary Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Is Associated With Exercise Ventilatory Efficiency.
  J Strength Cond Res. 2017 Jul;31(7):2000-2004. *
• Falvo MJ, Osinubi OY, Sotolongo AM, Helmer DA. Airborne Hazards Exposure and Respiratory Health of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans.
  Epidemiol Rev. 2015 Jan 14.*
• Farmer SA, Nelin TD, Falvo MJ, Wold LE. Ambient and household air pollution: complex triggers of disease.
  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2014 Aug 15;307(4):H467-76.*
• McAndrew LM, Teichman RF, Osinubi OY, Jasien JV, Quigley KS. (2012). Environmental exposure and health of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans.
  J Occup Environ Med, 54(6):665-9. *
• Quigley KS, McAndrew LM, Almeida L, D'Andrea EA, Engel CC, Hamtil H, Ackerman AJ. (2012). Prevalence of environmental and other military exposure concerns in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans.
  J Occup Environ Med, 54(6):659-64.*
• Santos SL, Helmer D, Teichman R. (2012) Risk communication in deployment-related exposure concerns.
  J Occup Environ Med, 54(6):752-9.*
• Tang, CY, Carpenter, DM, Eaves, EL, Ng, J, Ganeshalinam, N, Weisel, C, Qian, H, Lange, G, & Fiedler, NL. (2011). Occupational solvent exposure and brain function: an fMRI study.
  Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(7), 908-913. Epub Feb 4. *
• Dalager NA, Kang HK, Mahan CM. (2000). Cancer mortality among the highest exposed U.S. atmospheric nuclear test participants.
  J Occup Env Med, 42:798–805.*
• Kang HK, Bullman TA, Mahan CM. (2000). A mortality follow-up study of WW II submariners who received nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatment.
  Am J Ind Med, 38:441–446. *
• Kang HK. (1996). Feasibility of an epidemiologic study of submariners who received radium irradiation treatment.
  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 115:433–437.*
• Watanabe KK, Kang HK, Dalager NA. (1995). Cancer mortality risk among military participants of a 1958 atmospheric nuclear weapons test.
  Am J Public Health, 85:523–527. *
• Bullman TA, Kang HK. (1994). The effects of mustard gas, ionizing radiation, herbicides, trauma, and oil smoke on U.S. military personnel: The results of veterans studies.
  Annu Rev Public Health. 15:69–90.*
• Bullman TA, Kang HK. (2000). A fifty year mortality follow-up of veterans exposed to low level chemical warfare agent, mustard gas.
  Ann Epidemiol, 10:333–338. *

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