A study of 24,615 separation chest roentgenograms
| Autor: | Bernard J. O'Loughlin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Public health Separation (statistics) medicine.disease Military personnel Military Personnel medicine Nationality Humans Tuberculosis Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiography Thoracic Taxpayer Medical emergency business Lung Tuberculosis Pulmonary |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 48(4) |
| ISSN: | 0033-8419 |
| Popis: | Discussion of chest x-ray and allied surveys of military personnel have stressed the importance of routine pre-induction and separation examinations to the taxpayer, the soldier, and the public health. These reports all look forward with interest to the next step—the post-war separation examinations. The results of such an examination are offered here. While previous surveys, by their nature, were only local in scope, the present study represents a greater geographic and economic cross-section, since the separatees are the entire output of an Air Force Auxiliary Separation Base. They are natives of every state in the nation, ranging in rank from colonel to private, representing virtually every nationality and race. The ages are from 18 to 44 years; those whose separation was deferred because of chest abnormalities are all in the 18 to 25-year group. No attempt is made to distinguish racial incidences—first, because of a technical difficulty; second, because the environment in the Army was the same for all... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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