Connective tissue disease and silicosis

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 375-381

  Rosenman, Kenneth D ^a,b   Moore Fuller, Mark ^a   Reilly, Mary Jo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; Scleroderma; Silicosis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCLERODERMA; SILICOSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED STATES;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; SILICOSIS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0033037819     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199904)35:4<375::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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