Environmental and occupational factors in the aetiopathogenesis of systemic sclerosis: insights from a large multinational patient survey

Key Points

• The research aims to identify environmental and occupational factors contributing to the development of systemic sclerosis.
• Conducted a large multinational patient survey
• Benchmarked potential environmental and occupational factors
• Analyzed data for industrial and chemical agent exposures
• Identified several key industrial and chemical exposures associated with systemic sclerosis
• Data could shape future research on occupational and environmental triggers

Abstract