Comorbid illnesses and chest radiographic severity in African-American sarcoidosis patients

Lung

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 131-137

  Westney, Gloria E ^a   Habib, Sadia ^a   Quarshie, Alexander ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Comorbidity; Ethnicity; Health disparities; Health services; Sarcoidosis; Thoracic radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GRANULOMA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOIDOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249781727     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-007-9008-z     Document Type: Article

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