Slideshow
How exposure to vapor, gas, dust, and fumes can contribute to the progression of RA.
Reference1. Murphy D, Bellis K, Hutchinson D. Vapour, gas, dust and fume occupational exposures in male patients with rheumatoid arthritis resident in Cornwall (UK) and their association with rheumatoid factor and anti-cyclic protein antibodies: a retrospective clinical study. BMJ Open. 2018;8:e021754. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021754.
Murphy and colleagues at Royal Cornwall Hospital and University of Exeter Medical School in Truro, Cornwall, UK, have discovered a link between vapor, gas, dust, and fumes inhaled as occupational exposures and increases in rheumatoid factor.1
Scroll through the slides for the details of the study and the take-home points for clinicians.
(Image credit: ©Vagenheim/Shutterstock.com)