Occupational silica and solvent exposures and risk of systemic lupus erythematosus in urban women

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3648-3654

  Finckh, Axel ^a,b   Cooper, Glinda S ^c   Chibnik, Lori B ^a   Costenbader, Karen H ^a   Watts, Julie ^d   Pankey, Helen ^e   Fraser, Patricia A ^a   Karlson, Elizabeth W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University Hospital Beau Sejour   (Switzerland)

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

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BOSTON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLVENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750932011     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22210     Document Type: Article

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