Systemic sclerosis and occupational risk factors: a case-control study

Systemic sclerosis and occupational risk factors: a case-control study.

AIMS A case-control study was carried out between 1998 and 2000 to investigate the relation between systemic sclerosis and occupational exposure. METHODS Eighty cases of systemic sclerosis admitted consecutively to the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital of Tours from 1998 to 2000 were included. For each case, two age, gender, and smoking habits matched controls hospita...

Environmental, Occupational, and Personal Lifestyle Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: a Case-control Study

multiple sclerosis associated risk factors: a case-control study

background: hamadan province is one of the high-risk regions in iran for multiple sclerosis (ms). a majority of the epidemiological studies conducted in iran addressing ms are descriptive. this study was conducted to assess ms and its associated risk factors in hamadan province, the west of iran . methods: this case-control study compared 100 patients with ms (case group) and 100 patients with ...

Occupational Risk Factors for COPD: A Case-Control Study

OBJECTIVES The aim of this research was to examine the occupational risk factors for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) in a range of occupations. METHODS Eleven occupations involving different types of exposure were observed in this multicenter case-control study. Controls and cases were matched for sex, age and smoking. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to estimate ...

Medical Risk factors for dementia; A case-control study

Introduction: Dementia, the fifth cause of death in older adults with the most significant financial, social and caring burden on health systems across the world. Aim: to determine the most common medical risk factors for dementia in the retired population. Methods: A case-control methodology was utilized for this study, within which 180 established dementia patients compared to 371 controls ...