"Sarcoid like" granulomatous pulmonary disease in World Trade Center disaster responders

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-184

  Crowley, Laura E ^a   Herbert, Robin ^a   Moline, Jacqueline M ^a   Wallenstein, Sylvan ^a   Shukla, Gauri ^a   Schechter, Clyde ^b   Skloot, Gwen S ^a   Udasin, Iris ^c   Luft, Benjamin J ^d   Harrison, Denise ^e   Shapiro, Moshe ^a   Wong, Karen ^f   Sacks, Henry S ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^a   Teirstein, Alvin S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

A case control etiologic study of sarcoidosis (ACCESS); Forced vital capacity (FVC); Granulomatous disease; Sarcoidosis; World Trade Center (WTC)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTOR; SARCOIDOSIS; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551643923     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20924     Document Type: Article

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