Air Pollution and Particulate Matter: Implications in Upper Airway Disease

Regan W. Bergmark; Omar G. Ahmed; Mohamad R. Chaaban; Peter Filip; Jakob Fischer; Paavali A. Hannikainen; Peter H. Hwang; Jean Kim; Kent Lam; Jivianne T. Lee; Stella E. Lee; Sandra Y. Lin; Chadi Makary; Alice Z. Maxfield; Sean McKee; Warren Mullings; Murugappan Ramanathan; Elina Toskala

doi:10.1002/alr.70127

Air Pollution and Particulate Matter: Implications in Upper Airway Disease

Regan W. Bergmark
, Omar G. Ahmed
, Mohamad R. Chaaban
, Peter Filip
, Jakob Fischer
, Paavali A. Hannikainen
, Peter H. Hwang
, Jean Kim
, Kent Lam
, Jivianne T. Lee
, Stella E. Lee
, Sandra Y. Lin
, Chadi Makary
, Alice Z. Maxfield
, Sean McKee
, Warren Mullings
, Murugappan Ramanathan
, Elina Toskala

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	325-332
Number of pages	8
Journal	International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.70127
State	Published - Apr 2026
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

air pollution
paranasal sinus diseases
rhinitis

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Bergmark, R. W., Ahmed, O. G., Chaaban, M. R., Filip, P., Fischer, J., Hannikainen, P. A., Hwang, P. H., Kim, J., Lam, K., Lee, J. T., Lee, S. E., Lin, S. Y., Makary, C., Maxfield, A. Z., McKee, S., Mullings, W., Ramanathan, M., & Toskala, E. (2026). Air Pollution and Particulate Matter: Implications in Upper Airway Disease. International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, 16(4), 325-332. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.70127

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