title: Exogenous factors in connective tissue diseases.
abstract: Exogenous factors implicated in or suspected of precipitating connective tissue diseases are reviewed. These include environmental agents, such as ultraviolet light, drugs, chemicals, pesticides, heavy metals, infectious viruses, and bacteria. The possible roles of occupational exposures and the environmental factors early in life are discussed as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Akiva
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trattner
mesh_terms: D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans