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Practitioner 2011; 255 (1737):5

Smoking: a preventable cause of rheumatoid arthritis

22 Feb 2011Pais-up subscribers

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects 1% of the population.  Genetic and environmental factors have long been known to contribute to the development of RA. Exposure to cigarette smoke was first linked with RA more than twenty years ago. Smoking is now recognised as the most established environmental risk factor for the development of RA.

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