| Document ID (ISN) | 55543 |
| CIS number |
91-444 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0300-581X - Arbeitsmedizin - Sozialmedizin - Präventivmedizin |
| Year |
1990 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Schiele R., Hanslik A., Weltle D. |
| Title |
Progressive systemic scleroderma and occupational exposure to quartz dust |
| Original title |
Progressive systemische Sklerodermie und berufliche Quarzstaubexposition [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
1990, Vol.25, No.6, p.252-258. Illus. 38 ref. |
| Abstract |
Records of 13 professional organisations and 42 dermatological clinics in the Federal Republic of Germany yielded 10 scleroderma cases between 1974 and 1989 with likely occupational exposure to quartz dust. Questionnaires mailed to 750 members of a self-help group for persons with scleroderma were answered by 51 men and 165 women. Occupations with likely exposure to quartz dust were held by 16% of the men and 1% of the women. A causal relationship between scleroderma and occupational exposure to quartz dust could neither be confirmed nor excluded. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
scleroderma; skin diseases; quartz |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
mineral dust; Germany (Federal Republic of); medical examinations; questionnaire survey; epidemiologic study; occupation disease relation |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Germany |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Skin diseases
|
