Working environment is 1 cause of rheumatoid arthritis
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 10:07
in Health & Medicine
It has long been known that environmental factors play a part in the development of rheumatoid arthritis; smoking and drinking alcohol, along with heredity, are particularly instrumental in increasing the risk of the disease. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have now produced results that suggest that working environment factors can also increase the chances of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
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