Overview and recommendations for Medical screening and diagnostic evaluation for postdeployment lung disease in returning US Warfighters

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 746-751

  Rose, Cecile ^a   Abraham, Joseph ^b   Harkins, Deanna ^b   Miller, Robert ^c   Morris, Michael ^d   Zacher, Lisa ^d   Meehan, Richard ^a   Szema, Anthony ^e   Tolle, James ^c   King, Matthew ^c   Jackson, David ^f   Lewis, John ^f   Stahl, Andrea ^f   Lyles, Mark B ^g   Hodgson, Michael ^h   Teichman, Ronald ⁱ   Salihi, Walid ^e   Matwiyoff, Gregory ^j   Meeker, Gregory ^k   Mormon, Suzette ^k   Bird, Kathryn ^a   Baird, Coleen ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f US Army Center for Environmental Health Research   (United States)

^g US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^k U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LEAD; SULFUR DIOXIDE; ZINC;

AFGHANISTAN; AIR POLLUTION; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CONSENSUS; DESERT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST; EVALUATION; EXHAUST GAS; FITNESS; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INHALATION; IRAQ; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OSCILLOMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLUME; REVIEW; SCREENING; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VETERANS;

EID: 84862577697     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31825297ba     Document Type: Review

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