Incidence of clinically identified sarcoidosis in a Northwest United States population

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-177

  Reich, Jerome M ^a   Johnson, Richard E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Epidemiology; Incidence; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0029762673     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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