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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103240

STUDIES ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SARCOIDOSIS IN THE UNITED STATES: THE RELATIONSHIP TO SOIL AREAS AND TO URBAN-RURAL RESIDENCE

John T. Gentry, Harold M. Nitowsky, and Max Michael Jr.

Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia

Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

The Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.

1

Present address: District State Health Officer, District Office, 400 Foote Bldg., 316 So. Warren St., Syracuse, New York.

2

Present address: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.

3

Present address: Maimonides Hospital of Brooklyn, 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn 19, New York.

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Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia

Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

The Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.

1

Present address: District State Health Officer, District Office, 400 Foote Bldg., 316 So. Warren St., Syracuse, New York.

2

Present address: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.

3

Present address: Maimonides Hospital of Brooklyn, 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn 19, New York.

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Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia

Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

The Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.

1

Present address: District State Health Officer, District Office, 400 Foote Bldg., 316 So. Warren St., Syracuse, New York.

2

Present address: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.

3

Present address: Maimonides Hospital of Brooklyn, 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn 19, New York.

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Published December 1, 1955 - More info

Published in Volume 34, Issue 12 on December 1, 1955
J Clin Invest. 1955;34(12):1839–1856. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103240.
© 1955 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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