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Exposure to Occupational Inhalants and the Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Volume 78, Issue 4, Page 830-847, April 2026.
Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint pain, swelling, and stiffness. Although smoking is a well‐established risk factor for RA, the role of occupational inhalants in RA development is less well recognized.
Qianwen Liu, Xin Song, Emily Mauro, Yuan Jiang, Klementy Shchetynsky, Lars Klareskog, Lars Alfredsson, Xia Jiang   +7 more
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Concentrated rural poverty and the geography of exclusion [PDF]

, 2008
One-half of rural poor are segregated in high-poverty areas, a new policy brief co-published by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire and Rural Realities.
Lichter, Daniel T., Parisi, Domenico
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Place effects on environmental views [PDF]

, 2010
How people respond to questions involving the environment depends partly on individual characteristics. Characteristics such as age, gender, education, and ideology constitute the well-studied social bases of environmental concern, which have been ...
Colocousis, Chris R., Duncan, Cynthia M., Hamilton, Lawrence C.   +2 more
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2020 Census Faces Challenges in Rural America [PDF]

, 2017
In this brief, author Bill O’Hare discusses how the 2020 Census will have ramifications for every person in the United States, urban and rural residents alike.
O\u27Hare, William P
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Modeling the average population of La Crosse vectors in Knox County, Tennessee

Letters in Biomathematics, 2019
La Crosse Virus (LACV) is an arbovirus found in Eastern Appalachia and can cause pediatric encephalitis in prepubescent children. To assess the risk and transmission of this disease, it is particularly important to understand the average population of ...
Maitraya Ghatak, Javier Urcuyo, Patrick Wise, Rebecca Trout Fryxell, Suzanne Lenhart   +4 more
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Ageing in Appalachia: A Theoretical Essay on Challenges and Opportunities

Revue de Géographie Alpine
The Appalachian region is a long, mountainous area in the eastern part of the United States of America (U.S.). Historically, Appalachia’s boundaries have varied depending on the cultural and political moment, with communities in central and southern ...
Brandy Renee McCann
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The Impact of Cancer Coalitions on the Dissemination of Colorectal Cancer Materials to Community Organizations in Rural Appalachia

Preventing Chronic Disease, 2006
Introduction The incidence of colorectal cancer in portions of rural Appalachia is higher than in much of the United States. To reduce this disparity, cancer-control strategies could be adapted to and implemented in rural Appalachian communities.
Ann J. Ward, MA, Brenda Coffey Kluhsman, MSS, Eugene J. Lengerich, VMD, MS, Andrea M. Piccinin, PhD   +3 more
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AGRICULTURE IN THE APPALACHIAN REGION: 1965-2000 [PDF]

Revised version of a paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, January 28-31, 2001Community/Rural/Urban Development,
Colyer, Dale
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Amenities and Rural Appalachia Economic Growth [PDF]

Patterns of economic growth in rural Appalachia are examined with a focus on natural and built amenities. While the literature is clear that rural areas endowed with scenic beauty, lakes, forests, and wildlife, among other natural amenities, and coupled ...
Deller, Steven C., Lledo, Victor
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Helping People and Places Move Out of Poverty: Progress and Learning 2010 [PDF]

, 2011
Presents a mid-course review of a ten-year program to help the poor build economic security in the Southeast. Examines impact, lessons learned, factors that facilitated or impeded progress, how resources were leveraged, changing contexts, and next ...

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