Navy Lung Disease Assessment Program
Abstract
In response to Congressional concerns that occupational lung disease may have been misdiagnosed among Navy Personnel exposed to dusts aboard ship, the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery established the Navy Lung Disease Assessment Program and designated the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) as the Program Manager. NHRC established an External Scientific Advisory Committee to help design a research project to address the question of lung disease misdiagnosis. A public policy advisory Committee was also established to answer public concerns. With concurrence of these 2 committees, research objectives were defined and two primary approaches were developed to examine the potential for lung disease misdiagnosis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 18, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA454560
Entities
People
- Edward Doerr Gorham
- Frank C. Garland
- Franky Hasibuan
- Jerrold L. Abraham
- Jose A. Centeno
- Kevin Kaiser
- William D. Travis
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center