Hypothesis: Cadmium explains, in part, why smoking increases the risk of cardiovascular disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 550-554

  Hecht, Eric M ^a   Landy, David C ^a   Ahn, Soyeon ^a   Hlaing, Wayway M ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; cadmium; cardiovascular disease; cigarette smoking; endothelium; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CADMIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENDOTHELIUM; META-ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE; SMOKING;

EID: 84887578989     PISSN: 10742484     EISSN: 19404034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074248413494815     Document Type: Article

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