Racial differences in sarcoidosis incidence: A 5-year study in a health maintenance organization

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 234-241

  Rybicki, Benjamin A ^a   Major, Marcie ^a   Popovich Jr , John ^a   Maliarik, Mary J ^a   Iannuzzi, Michael C ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; biopsy; pulmonary disease (specialty); risk; sex; whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER;

METROPOLITAN AREA; RACIAL DIFFERENCE; SARCOIDOSIS INCIDENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

USA;

EID: 0030609489     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009096     Document Type: Article

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