Occupational and environmental influences on scleroderma.

A J Silman; M C Hochberg

doi:10.1016/s0889-857x(05)70298-2

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Occupational and environmental influences on scleroderma.

A J Silman·M C Hochberg

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Abstract

This article has reviewed available data on the environmental agents, including occupational factors, that might influence susceptibility to scleroderma. None of the exposures considered could act independently in causing the disease and individually would only be responsible for a small proportion of cases. Nonetheless, they do provide useful insight into the possible mechanisms of disease causation.

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A J Silman, M C Hochberg. 1996. Occupational and environmental influences on scleroderma.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0889-857x(05)70298-2

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