Epidemiology of organic solvents and connective tissue disease

Arthritis Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-15

  Garabrant, D H ^a   Dumas, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupation; Petroleum distillates; Scleroderma; Solvents; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHEMICAL AGENT; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; SCLERODERMA; STATISTICS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VARNISH;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLVENTS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0034467168     PISSN: 14659905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar65     Document Type: Review

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