World Trade Center "sarcoid-like" granulomatous pulmonary disease in New York City Fire Department rescue workers

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1414-1423

  Izbicki, Gabriel ^b,c   Chavko, Robert ^a   Banauch, Gisela I ^a   Weiden, Michael D ^d   Berger, Kenneth I ^d   Aldrich, Thomas K ^a   Hall, Charles ^a   Kelly, Kerry J ^e   Prezant, David J ^e  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Government of New york   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Asthma; Emergency medical services workers; Firefighters; Granulomatous pneumonitis; Sarcoidosis; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34248573438     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2114     Document Type: Article

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