Rheumatoid arthritis in workers exposed to silica in the pottery industry

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 443-477

  Turner, Susan ^a   Cherry, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Occupation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Silica

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; COAL MINING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CERAMICS; COAL MINING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SMOKING;

EID: 0034044779     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.7.443     Document Type: Article

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