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Editorial
. 2018 Aug 29:362:k3435.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.k3435.

Environmental metals and cardiovascular disease

Maria Tellez-Plaza 1  1   2   3 , Eliseo Guallar 2  4   5   6 , Ana Navas-Acien 3  4   5   6
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Editorial

Environmental metals and cardiovascular disease

Maria Tellez-Plaza 1 et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Metals are an important but neglected source of CV risk

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood the BMJ Group policy on declaration of interests and declare the following interests: none.

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