A descriptive analysis of asthma in the U.S. Navy Submarine Force

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1214-1218

  Sims, John R ^a   Tibbles, Patrick M ^a   Jackman, Robert P ^a  

^a Naval Submarine Base New London   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Closed environment; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; SUBMARINE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032721695     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Bondi KR, Shamrell TR, Dougherty JH. The effect of a long submerged submarine patrol on pulmonary function. Fed Proc 1981; 40:827.
2. Bronnimann S, Burrows B. A prospective study of the natural history of asthma. Chest 1986; 90:480-4.
3. Bruschi C, Cerveri I, Zoia MC, et al. Bronchial responsiveness to inhaled methacholine in epidemiological studies: comparison of different indices. Eur Respir J 1989; 2:630-6.
4. Bureau of Medicine, and Surgery. Manual of the Medical Department. Washington, D.C.: NAVMED P-117, 1994;Sect. 15:22.
5. Centers for Disease Control. Asthma - United States, 1980-1987. MMWR 1990; 39(29):493-7.
6. Cerveri I, Bruschi C, Zoia MC, et al. Distribution of bronchial nonspecific reactivity in the general population. Chest 1988; 93:26-30.
7. Chai H, Farr RS, Froelich LA, et al. Standardization of bronchial inhalation challenge procedures. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1975; 56:323-7.
8. Chang-Yeung M, Lam S. State of art: Occupational asthma. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986; 133:686-703.
9. Charpentier P, Ostfeld AM, Hadjimichael OC, Hester R. The mortality of US nuclear submariners, 1969-1982; J Occup Med 1993:35(5)501-9.
10. Commanders Submarine Force Atlantic, and Submarine Force Pacific. Standard Submarine Medical Procedures Manual. Norfolk, VA and Pearl Harbor, HI: U S Navy 1994; Sect:2:16.
11. Department of Defense Pharmacoeconomic Center. Management of asthma. PEC Update 1996; 96(11):1-3.
12. Dodge RR, Burrows B. The prevalence and incidence of asthma and asthma-like symptoms in a general population. Am Rev Resp Dis 1980; 122:567-75.
13. Hagy GW, Settipane GA. Bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, and allergy skin tests among college students. J Allergy 1969; 44: 323-32.
14. nd ed. Salt Lake City, UT: Intermountain Thoracic Society. 1984.
15. National Institutes of Health. International consensus report on diagnosis and treatment of asthma. Eur Respir J 1992; 5:601-41.
16. Palmiero EM, Hopp RJ, Biven RE, et al. Probability of asthma based on methacholine challenge. Chest 1992; 101:630-3.
17. Schachter EN, Doyle CA, Beck GJ. A prospective study of asthma in a rural community. Chest 1984; 85(5):623-30.
18. Sheffer AL, Taggart VS. The national asthma education program. Med Care 1993 Supplement; 31(3):MS20-5.
19. Shuttari MF. Asthma. Diagnosis and management. Am Fam Phys 1995; 52:2225-35.
20. Tansey WA, Wilson JM, Schaefer KE. Analysis of health data from 10 years of Polaris submarine patrols. Undersea Biomed Res 1979(Submarine Supplement); S217-46.
21. Weiss KB, Wagener DK. Changing patterns of asthma mortality. JAMA 1990; 264:1683-7.