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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons strongly linked to raised rheumatoid arthritis risk
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons strongly linked to raised rheumatoid arthritis risk

by British Medical Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The amount of environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAH for short, is strongly linked to a person’s risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, suggests research published in the open access journal BMJ Open. These chemicals, formed from the burning of coal, oil, gas, wood, or tobacco as well as the...