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Petroleum-based lubricants linked to MS risk

Headline via Medical Xpress · first report 14 Nov, 00:30 IST, latest 14 Nov, 00:30 IST

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
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A new study from Karolinska Institutet has shown that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) were more likely than people without the disease to report that they had been exposed to petroleum-based lubricants at work. The work is published in the journal…

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