Medha Barbhaiya

OBJECTIVE: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) occurs most commonly among reproductive age women, compatible with a potential role of reproductive factors, although past studies including women of mainly European ancestry have yielded confli…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review examines evidence relating environmental factors to the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). RECENT FINDINGS: The strongest epidemiologic evidence exists for the associations of silica, cigarett…