Arthritis diagnosis and early-life exposure to air pollution.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results are the first to link early-life air pollution exposure to later-life arthritis diagnoses, and suggest a particularly strong link for RA. These findings are consistent with those of shorter-term, correlational studies, and indicate that health effects of air pollution exposure can span decades and extend beyond cardiopulmonary systems. PMID: 31434180 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31434180?dopt=Abstract

Source: Environmental Pollution - August 23, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shepherd A, Mullins JT Tags: Environ Pollut Source Type: research