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The Association Between Air Pollution and Lung Function in Sarcoidosis and Implications for Health Disparities.

Ali M Mustafa, Kevin J Psoter, Kirsten Koehler, Nancy Lin, Meredith McCormack, Edward Chen, Robert A Wise, Michelle Sharp

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Article in Chest, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Particles Matter: Air Pollution and Disparities in Sarcoidosis.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ali M MustafaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: amustafa@virtua.org.
Kevin J PsoterDivision of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Kirsten KoehlerDepartment of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Nancy LinDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Meredith McCormackDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Edward ChenDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Robert A WiseDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Michelle SharpDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Funding

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING PROGRAM IN LUNG DISEASEST32HL007534 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Nadia N Hansel, Larissa A. Shimoda · 1985 to 2026
$28.3M
Translation CoreP2CES033415 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Kirsten Anne Koehler · 2022 to 2026
$4.8M
Medication Adherence and Clinical Outcomes in SarcoidosisK23HL148527 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SHARP, MICHELLE · 2021 to 2025
$886k
NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL148527NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007534NIEHS NIH HHS P2C ES033415
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease with varying courses of disease progression. Environmental exposures are thought to be contributors to disease onset. Exposure to air pollutants such as fine particulate matter of 2.5 μm diameter or smaller (PM RESEARCH QUESTION: Is higher exposure to PM STUDY DESIGN AND

methodsWe conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional study of individuals with pulmonary sarcoidosis seen from 2005 to 2015. Home addresses at the year of enrollment were geocoded, and exposure to PM

resultsAmong the 415 individuals in the analysis, Black individuals had significantly higher exposure to PM

interpretationHigher exposure to PM

Indexed as

Air PollutantsHealth Status DisparitiesLungParticulate MatterSarcoidosis, PulmonaryAdultAir PollutionBlack or African AmericanCross-Sectional StudiesEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNitrogen DioxideRespiratory Function TestsAir PollutantsNitrogen DioxideParticulate Matterair pollutionhealth disparitiespulmonary function testssarcoidosis

Identifiers

PMID39299388
PMCPMC11867895

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