Prevalence of connective tissue disease in silicosis (1985-2006)-a report from the state of michigan surveillance system for silicosis

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 255-262

  Makol, Ashima ^a   Reilly, Mary Jo ^a   Rosenman, Kenneth D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connective tissue disease; Rheumatoid arthritis; Scleroderma; Silicosis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SILICOSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SILICOSIS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 79952723780     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20917     Document Type: Article

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