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Cadmium, road dust and rheumatoid arthritis: an alternative hypothesis to general air pollution

Authors: Daniel Murphy, David Hutchinson

Published in: Journal of Inflammation | Issue 1/2015

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We read the review “Is air pollution a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis?” with great interest [1]. We agree that air pollution is a potential risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in low-and-middle-income countries. As the authors correctly point out, epidemiological studies in high-income countries which have failed to demonstrate a link between air pollution and the risk of RA [2, 3], can not necessarily be generalised to individuals living in low-and-middle-income countries. …

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Title: Cadmium, road dust and rheumatoid arthritis: an alternative hypothesis to general air pollution
Authors: Daniel Murphy
David Hutchinson
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Inflammation / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1476-9255
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12950-015-0103-2

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