Solvent oriented hobbies and the risk of systemic sclerosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2369-2372

  Nietert, Paul J ^c   Sutherland, Susan E ^a   Silver, Richard M ^d   Pandey, Janardan P ^d   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^b  

^a Owen Heart Center   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Environmental exposure; Hobbies; Risk factors; Solvents; Systemic scleroderma

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCLERODERMA; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

FEMALE; HOBBIES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0032756232     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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