ArticleRMD open2023
Are cleaning activities a source of exposure to crystalline silica in women with rheumatoid arthritis? A case-control study.
Article in RMD open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exposure to Occupational Inhalants and the Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Pooled it
- Inhalant Exposures and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2026Review
- Environmental and occupational contributors to autoimmune, inflammatory, and musculoskeletal rheumatic disease: a review of emerging evidence and clinical implications.Current opinion in rheumatology · 2026Review
- Occupational dust and chemical exposures and the development of autoimmune rheumatic diseases.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2025Review
- Airborne culprits: A comprehensive review of PM, silica, and TCDD in autoimmune diseases.Journal of translational autoimmunity · 2024Review
- Global burden of musculoskeletal disorders in children and adolescents from 1990 to 2021: a joint point regression and decomposition analysis.Rheumatology international · 2024Article
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11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionInhalation of crystalline silica (silicon dioxide, SiO
methodsThe Dust Exposure Life-Course Questionnaire (DELCQ) is a tool that enables retrospective quantification of both occupational and non-occupational lifetime exposure to SiO
resultsIn women with RA, the main sources of SiO
conclusionCleaning activities and dusty clothes laundry may be underestimated sources of SiO
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