A follow-up study of occupational styrene exposure and risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases

Increased risk has been suggested for autoimmune rheumatic diseases following solvent exposure. The evidence for specific solvents is limited, and little is known about exposure-response relations. Styrene is an aromatic, organic solvent and the objective of this study was to analyse the association between occupational styrene exposure and autoimmune rheumatic diseases in men and women.We followed 72 212 styrene-exposed workers of the Danish...