Exposure to Dioxin Associated With Increased Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Rate
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 08:35
in Health & Medicine
Dioxins, environmental pollutants resulting from the production and combustion of chlorinated compounds, have been linked to an increase in ischemic heart disease (IHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates, as reported in a review article in the November 2008 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP).
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