Blood pressure, the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, and exposure to cadmium: a population study.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on August 01, 1991

Authors

J Staessen1, A Amery, A Bernard, P Bruaux, J P Buchet, C J Bulpitt, F Claeys, P De Plaen, G Ducoffre, R Fagard

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathophysiology, University of Leuven, Belgium.

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