Occupational exposure to crystalline silica and autoimmune disease.
Occupational exposure to silica dust has been examined as a possible risk factor with respect to several systemic autoimmune diseases, including scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and some of the small vessel vasculitidies with renal involvement (e.g., Wegener granuloma...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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1999
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1566238/ |