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Blood Lead Levels and Risk of Atherosclerosis in the Carotid Artery: Results from a Swedish Cohort

BACKGROUND: Lead exposure has been associated with increased incidence of adverse clinical cardiovascular outcomes. Atherosclerosis has been suggested as one of the underlying mechanisms, and findings from experimental studies support this, but human data are scarce. OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to...

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Autores principales: Harari, Florencia, Barregard, Lars, Östling, Gerd, Sallsten, Gerd, Hedblad, Bo, Forsgard, Niklas, Borné, Yan, Fagerberg, Björn, Engström, Gunnar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Environmental Health Perspectives 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6957277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31808705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP5057