A cluster of inflammatory rheumatic diseases in a moisture-damaged office

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 833-836

  Myllykangas Luosujarvi, Riitta A ^a   Seuri, Markku ^b   Husman, Tuula ^c   Korhonen, Riitta ^d   Pakkala, Kirsti ^e   Aho, Kimmo ^c  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Occupational Health Institute   (Finland)

^e Merita Bank Occupational Health   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disease clusters; Inflammatory rheumatic diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOISTURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; WORKPLACE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; FINLAND; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036903328     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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