Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a nationwide cohort study.

Signe Hjuler BoudigaardVivi SchlünssenJesper Medom VestergaardKlaus SøndergaardKjell TorénSusan PetersHans KromhoutHenrik A Kolstad

Published in: International journal of epidemiology (2021)

This study shows an exposure-dependent association between occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and autoimmune rheumatic diseases and thus suggests causal effects, most evident for systemic sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Keyphrases

systemic sclerosis
interstitial lung disease
rheumatoid arthritis
multiple sclerosis
room temperature
disease activity
drug induced