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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
| The exact cause for multiple myeloma is not known, but several risk factors are implicated in the same. | | The exact cause for multiple myeloma is not known, but several risk factors are implicated in the same. |
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| A number of risk factors are implicated in causation of multiple myeloma. Shown below is a list of most common risk factors that have been implicated: <br>
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| * Family history of multiple myeloma<ref name="Bourguet-1985">{{Cite journal | last1 = Bourguet | first1 = CC. | last2 = Grufferman | first2 = S. | last3 = Delzell | first3 = E. | last4 = DeLong | first4 = ER. | last5 = Cohen | first5 = HJ. | title = Multiple myeloma and family history of cancer. A case-control study. | journal = Cancer | volume = 56 | issue = 8 | pages = 2133-9 | month = Oct | year = 1985 | doi = | PMID = 4027940 }}</ref>
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| * Certain chemicals<ref name="Clapp-">{{Cite journal | last1 = Clapp | first1 = RW. | last2 = Jacobs | first2 = MM. | last3 = Loechler | first3 = EL. | title = Environmental and occupational causes of cancer: new evidence 2005-2007. | journal = Rev Environ Health | volume = 23 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-37 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 18557596 }}</ref>
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| * Farmers<ref name="Gallagher-1983">{{Cite journal | last1 = Gallagher | first1 = RP. | last2 = Spinelli | first2 = JJ. | last3 = Elwood | first3 = JM. | last4 = Skippen | first4 = DH. | title = Allergies and agricultural exposure as risk factors for multiple myeloma. | journal = Br J Cancer | volume = 48 | issue = 6 | pages = 853-7 | month = Dec | year = 1983 | doi = | PMID = 6652026 }}</ref>
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| * Petroleum workers
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| * Radiation exposure - from atom bombs or nuclear accidents.
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| == References == | | == References == |