Open AccessSilica Dust Exposure Increases Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Author(s) -
Oscar Wrangel,
Pål Graff,
IngLiss Bryngelsson,
Louise Fornander,
Pernilla Wiebert,
Per Vihlborg
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-5948
pISSN - 1076-2752
DOI - 10.1097/jom.0000000000002281
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , medicine , odds ratio , etiology , case control study , occupational exposure , environmental health
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease with unknown etiology. This study examines if silica dust exposure increases the risk for seropositive and seronegative RA.