Trends and occupational associations in incidence of hospitalized pulmonary sarcoidosis and other lung diseases in Navy personnel: A 27-year historical prospective study, 1975-2001

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Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1431-1438

  Gorham, Edward D ^a   Garland, Cedric F ^b   Garland, Frank C ^a   Kaiser, Kevin ^c   Travis, William D ^d   Centeno, Jose A ^d  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Military populations; Occupation; Occurrence; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; SILICATE; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPHYSEMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; MORBIDITY; NAVY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 8744250265     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.5.1431     Document Type: Article

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