The association Between Occupational Exposure to silica and Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-Analysis

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease with systemic inflammatory arthritis. This meta-analysis was conducted to examine the association between occupational exposure to silica and the risk of developing RA among different workers. Methods: In this meta-analysis, we searched...

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Main Authors: Fereshteh Mehri, Ensiyeh Jenabi, Saeed Bashirian, Farshid Ghorbani Shahna, Salman Khazaei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Safety and Health at Work
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791119308741