The neglected association of crystalline silica exposure and systemic sclerosis

Alain Lescoat^{1

2}, Alice Ballerie^{1

2}, Valérie Lecureur¹, Nicolas Belhomme², Claire Cazalets², Stéphane Jouneau^{1

3}, Christophe Paris^{1

4}, Alfredo Menéndez-Navarro⁵, Paul-André Rosental⁶, Patrick Jégo¹, Catherine Cavalin⁷

Affiliations

¹ INSERM, EHESP, Institut de Recherche en Santé, Université de Rennes, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Rennes, France.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France.
³ Department of Respiratory Diseases, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France.
⁴ INSERM, EHESP, Institut de Recherche en Santé, Department of Occupational Medicine, Université de Rennes, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Rennes, France.
⁵ Department of History of Science, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
⁶ Center for History at Sciences Po, Sciences Po, Paris, France.
⁷ Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Social Sciences, National Centre for Scientific Research-National Institute for Agricultural Research, France.

Editorial

Alain Lescoat et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020.

. 2020 Dec 1;59(12):3587-3588.

doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa638.

¹ INSERM, EHESP, Institut de Recherche en Santé, Université de Rennes, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Rennes, France.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France.
³ Department of Respiratory Diseases, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France.
⁴ INSERM, EHESP, Institut de Recherche en Santé, Department of Occupational Medicine, Université de Rennes, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Rennes, France.
⁵ Department of History of Science, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
⁶ Center for History at Sciences Po, Sciences Po, Paris, France.
⁷ Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Social Sciences, National Centre for Scientific Research-National Institute for Agricultural Research, France.

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Comment on

Occupational silica exposure in an Australian systemic sclerosis cohort.
Patel S, Morrisroe K, Proudman S, Hansen D, Sahhar J, Sim MR, Ngian GS, Walker J, Strickland G, Wilson M, Ferdowsi N, Major G, Roddy J, Stevens W, Nikpour M; Australian Scleroderma Interest Group. Patel S, et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Dec 1;59(12):3900-3905. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa446. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020. PMID: 32911541