Air pollution Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: L02 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Multiple Industrial Air Pollutants and Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody Positivity
Naizhuo Zhao ¹, Audrey Smargiassi ², Marianne Hatzopoulou ³, Ines Colmegna ⁴, Marie Hudson ⁵, Marvin Fritzler ⁶, Philip Awadalla ⁷ and Sasha Bernatsky⁸, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada, ²University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ⁴McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, and Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, ⁶Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, ⁷Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada, ⁸Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Studies of associations between industrial air emissions and rheumatic disease, or diseases-related serological biomarkers, are few. Moreover, previous evaluations typically studied individual (not mixed)…
Abstract Number: 670 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Association Between Ambient Air Pollutant Exposures and Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A 12-Year Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan
Yenju Shih¹ and Chang-Ching Wei ², ¹Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Taichung city, Taiwan (Republic of China), ²Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children Hospital, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Taichung city, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: Air pollutants exposure has been linked to inducing oxidative stress, pulmonary and systemic inflammation. We hypothesized that long-term exposure to air pollution would be…

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Multiple Industrial Air Pollutants and Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody Positivity

Association Between Ambient Air Pollutant Exposures and Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A 12-Year Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan