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Phosphorus in excess: a ‘nutrient pollution’ problem in the blood—broken hearts like broken lakes (eutrophication)?

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  1. Department of Clin Exp Med, Clinica Medica 4, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    L A Calò

  2. Chair of Nephrology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    V Savica

  3. Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA, USA,

    P A Davis

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Calò, L., Savica, V. & Davis, P. Phosphorus in excess: a ‘nutrient pollution’ problem in the blood—broken hearts like broken lakes (eutrophication)?. Eur J Clin Nutr 63, 1460 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2009.31

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