Risk of rheumatoid arthritis in a cohort of silica-exposed Swedish foundry workers

Paul Blanc (San Francisco, United States of America), Paul Blanc, Lena Andersson, Ing-Liss Bryngelsson

Source: International Congress 2016 – Human responses to exposure, including physiological and biomarker outcomes
Session: Human responses to exposure, including physiological and biomarker outcomes
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 389

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
Paul Blanc (San Francisco, United States of America), Paul Blanc, Lena Andersson, Ing-Liss Bryngelsson. Risk of rheumatoid arthritis in a cohort of silica-exposed Swedish foundry workers. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 389

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Prevalence of silicosis among employees of a Silica factory in Sri-Lanka
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Occupational respiratory diseases: obstructive, interstitial lung diseases and methods of diagnosis
Year: 2013

Prevalence of occupational and environmental exposures in Australian patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
Source: International Congress 2014 – Occupational asthma, abestosis and silicosis
Year: 2014

Effects of indium exposure on the lungs of workers: A cross-sectional study
Source: International Congress 2014 – Occupational asthma, abestosis and silicosis
Year: 2014

Methotrexate and risk of Lung disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A nationwide population-based cohort study from Denmark
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – What is new in interstitial lung diseases of known origin?
Year: 2020




Work-related COPD risk in the population-based UK Biobank cohort study
Source: International Congress 2015 – Occupational factors in COPD and bronchitis
Year: 2015


Incidence and disease burden of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis worldwide, 1990–2019: evidence from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Source: Eur Respir J, 58 (5) 2101669; 10.1183/13993003.01669-2021
Year: 2021



Occupational organic dust exposure and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Denmark
Source: International Congress 2015 – Occupational factors in COPD and bronchitis
Year: 2015


Rheumatoid arthritis is a common and important comorbidity in bronchiectasis: Data from the EMBARC European bronchiectasis registry
Source: International Congress 2016 – Possible phenotypes of bronchiectasis and exacerbations
Year: 2016

Severe emphysema in heavily indium-exposed workers: Case reports from a 10-year cohort study
Source: International Congress 2016 – Occupational epidemiology
Year: 2016

Death risk factors in COPD patients in Italian general practices: The COMODHES study
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Quality of life and respiratory symptoms in primary care COPD populations
Year: 2013

Prevalence and risks of COPD in workers of uranium processing enterprise
Source: International Congress 2014 – Occupational respiratory diseases: from drug-induced disease to COPD induced by the uranium industry
Year: 2014


LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, asbestosis and mesothelioma, trends for England and Wales: is asbestos exposure associated with IPF?
Source: International Congress 2014 – Occupational, indoor and outdoor environments and COPD
Year: 2014


Occupational COPD among Danish never smokers – A population-based study
Source: International Congress 2014 – Occupational, indoor and outdoor environments and COPD
Year: 2014



Chronic bronchitis and COPD among textile workers in Pakistan: Findings from a cross-sectional survey
Source: International Congress 2015 – Occupational factors in COPD and bronchitis
Year: 2015


Occupational COPD among Danish women – A population-based study
Source: International Congress 2014 – Occupational, indoor and outdoor environments and COPD
Year: 2014



Airway symptoms among Norwegian sawmill workers at baseline of a longitudinal study
Source: International Congress 2014 – Occupational respiratory diseases: from drug-induced disease to COPD induced by the uranium industry
Year: 2014

Evolution and risk factors for active asthma in adults participating in EGEA and ECRHS-France cohorts
Source: International Congress 2015 – Epidemiological studies of asthma and allergy
Year: 2015

Silicosis in Dutch construction workers
Source: International Congress 2016 – Population-based insights into occupational and environmental lung disease
Year: 2016


Endotoxin exposure: Predictors and associated respiratory disease prevalence in the U.S. NHANES study
Source: International Congress 2014 – Outdoor and indoor environment: factors influencing respiratory diseases throughout the course of life
Year: 2014


Aetiology and trends in healthcare workers' occupational asthma
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Occupational respiratory diseases: asthma, silicosis and asbestosis
Year: 2013