Residential Proximity to a Commercial Pesticide Application Site and Risk of Chronic Rhinosinusitis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Environmental and occupational toxicants have been shown to be associated with an increased prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). However, few to no studies have evaluated patients for CRS using objective testing and workup protocols that fulfill guidelines for CRS diagnostic criteria. Furthermore, no study, to our knowledge, has investigated the risks of CRS in the context of residential exposure through proximity to a commercial pesticide application site.

Objectives

To evaluate associations of residential proximity to a commercial pesticide application site and the prevalence of CRS with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and without nasal polyps (CRSwoNP).

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective cohort study of patients who presented to a te

SUBMITTER: Yang HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10346512 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature