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The epidemiology of scleroderma among women: assessment of risk from exposure to silicone and silica.

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1996

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Carol J. Burns, Timothy Laing, Brenda W. Gillespie, Steven G. Heeringa, Kirsten H. Alcser, Maureen D. Mayes, Mary Chester Wasko, B.C. Cooper, David H. Garabrant, David Schottenfeld
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Abstract

Consistent with other studies, we found no increased risk of SSc among women with silicone breast implants, equivocal evidence of risk from other silicone exposures, and no evidence of risk from silica exposure.