Prevalence of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis and Spatial Association With Quarries in a Region of Northeastern France: A Capture-Recapture and Geospatial Analysis.

Stéphane GiorgiuttiYannick DieudonneOlivier HinschbergerBenoît NespolaJulien CampagneHanta Nirina RakotoariveloThierry HannedoucheBruno MoulinGilles BlaisonJean-Christophe WeberMarie-Caroline DalmasFrédéric De BlayDan LipskerFrançois ChantrelJacques-Eric GottenbergYves DimitrovOlivier ImhoffPierre-Edouard GavandEmmanuel AndresChristian DebryYves HansmannAlexandre KleinCaroline LohmannFrançois MathiauxAurélien GuffroyVincent PoindronThierry MartinAnne-Sophie KorganowLaurent Arnaud

Published in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2021)

In a region with a high density of quarries, the spatial association between the presence of and proximity to quarries and the prevalence of AAVs supports the idea that silica may have a role as a specific environmental factor in this disease.

Keyphrases

high density
risk factors
risk assessment
human health
climate change
life cycle
data analysis