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Exposure to cadmium from food and risk of cardiovascular disease in men: a population-based prospective cohort study

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This work was supported by the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS) and the Swedish Research Council/Medicine and Infrastructures. We thank L. Jorhem, J. Engman and B. Sundström from the Swedish National Food Agency for providing food-cadmium data.

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    Bettina Julin, Alicja Wolk, Laura D. Thomas & Agneta Åkesson

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Julin, B., Wolk, A., Thomas, L.D. et al. Exposure to cadmium from food and risk of cardiovascular disease in men: a population-based prospective cohort study. Eur J Epidemiol 28, 837–840 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-013-9841-8

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