Mehlhorn J, Gerlach C
Arbeitshygienisches Zentrum Niederdorf, Gesundheitswesen Wismut/DDR.
Z Erkr Atmungsorgane. 1990;175(1):38-41.
From 1975 to 1989 37 patients with Lupus erythematodes exposed to quartz dust over many years were observed. Thirty of them suffered from silicosis. The coincidence of silicosis and Lupus erythematodes can be an expression of a common pathogenesis.