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Smoking, low levels of education and glucose tolerance increase risk of rheumatoid arthritis
06-15-2007 · EurekAlert!New data presented today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology sheds light on the role of environmental and genetic risk factors in the development of rheumatoid arthritis.
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