Epidemiologic associations between occupational and environmental exposures and autoimmune disease: Report of a meeting to explore current evidence and identify research needs

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 203, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 483-495

  Van Loveren, Henk ^a   Vos, Joseph G ^a   Germolec, Dori ^b   Simeonova, Petia P ^c   Eijkemanns, Gerry ^d   McMichael, Anthony J ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Environmental exposure; Epidemiology; Hexachlorobenzene; Silica; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTER; RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0034893814     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4639-00057     Document Type: Article

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