[Occupational and environmental factors and systemic connective tissue diseases]

The article contains the results of a study in the rates of occupational and every-day contacts with different chemical substances and consequent allergic reactions, particularly in patients with connective tissue systemic diseases. Illnesses followed expositions to different unfavourable industrial factors in 43% of lupus erythematosus cases, in 40% of the sclerodermia cases, and in 41.6% of dermatomyosites. In most cases, the diseased persons were occupied in industrial sites dealing with organic solvents, acids, alkalines, medicinal preparations, vaccines, sera and organic dusts.