Mercury and the risk of coronary heart disease in men.

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Published in N Engl J Med on November 28, 2002

Authors

Kazuko Yoshizawa1, Eric B Rimm, J Steven Morris, Vickie L Spate, Chung-cheng Hsieh, Donna Spiegelman, Meir J Stampfer, Walter C Willett

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Health Professionals Follow-up Study | NCT00005182

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