Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - Results from a Japanese nationwide epidemiological survey using individual clinical records

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 926-928

  Ohno, Shoji ^a,b   Nakaya, Takakiyo ^a   Bando, Masashi ^a   Sugiyama, Yukihiko ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical personal records; Epidemiological survey; Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 51349117296     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01349.x     Document Type: Article

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