Mercury exposure and risk of cardiovascular disease in two U.S. cohorts

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1116-1125

  Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a,b   Shi, Peilin ^a,b   Morris, J Steven ^c   Spiegelman, Donna ^b   Grandjean, Philippe ^b   Siscovick, David S ^d   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Rimm, Eric B ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STROKE; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953201236     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1006876     Document Type: Article

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