Association Between Occupational Exposures and Sarcoidosis: An Analysis From Death Certificates in the United States, 1988-1999

摘要

FOR EDITORIAL COMMENT SEE PAGE 263Sarcoidosis is a multisystem, granulomatous disease, characterized by noncaseating epithelioid cell granulomas, usually in more than one organ. Recent studies suggest sarcoidosis-related mortality has been increasing over the past few decades.