Mercury and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Men

Kazuko Yoshizawa; Eric B. Rimm; J. Steven Morris; V. L. Spate; Chung-Cheng Hsieh; Donna Spiegelman; Meir J. Stampfer; Walter C. Willett

doi:10.1056/nejmoa021437

Abstract

Our findings do not support an association between total mercury exposure and the risk of coronary heart disease, but a weak relation cannot be ruled out.

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MedicineMyocardial infarctionInternal medicineConfidence intervalCoronary artery diseaseCoronary heart diseaseRelative riskCohort studyCohortCardiologyFramingham Risk ScoreDisease

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 347
Issue: 22
Pages: 1755-1760
Citations: 333
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                                    Kazuko Yoshizawa, 
                                
                                    Eric B. Rimm, 
                                
                                    J. Steven Morris
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Mercury and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Men. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 347
                            (22)
                            , 1755-1760.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa021437
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa021437