Asbestos Exposure and Autoimmune Disease

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 193-203

  Noonan, C W ^a   Pfau, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Autoantibody; Autoimmune; Fibrosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Scleroderma; Silica; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901350667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00350-0     Document Type: Chapter

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