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Environmental toxicity, nutrition, and gene interactions in the development of atherosclerosis.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Feb 2007
Hennig Bernhard, Oesterling Elizabeth, Toborek Michal
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There is substantial evidence from epidemiological studies that the pathology of cardiovascular diseases is linked in part to environmental pollution. Many environmental contaminants, and especially persistent organic pollutants, are risk factors for atherosclerosis because they may exacerbate an underlying disease by altering gene expression patterns. Many mechanisms and signaling pathways associated with the...
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